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Permitted vs Enabled - What's the difference?

permitted | enabled |

As verbs the difference between permitted and enabled

is that permitted is (permit) while enabled is (enable).

As an adjective enabled is

being capable for use or action.

permitted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (permit)
  • *
    • They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.

    enabled

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being capable for use or action.

    • Antonyms

    * disabled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (enable)