Prerogative vs Privilege - What's the difference?
prerogative | privilege |
A hereditary or official right or privilege.
A right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch etc, especially such a power to make a decision or judgement.
A right, generally
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A property, attribute or ability which gives one a superiority or advantage over others; an inherent advantage or privilege; a talent.
A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise; preferential treatment.
The status or existence of such benefit or advantage.
(legal) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
(finance) A call, put, spread, or other option.
(computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users; permission.
(archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.
(archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
Privilege is a synonym of prerogative.
As nouns the difference between prerogative and privilege
is that prerogative is a hereditary or official right or privilege while privilege is a peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise; preferential treatment.As an adjective prerogative
is having a hereditary or official right or privilege.As a verb privilege is
to grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.prerogative
English
(wikipedia prerogative)Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- "Ah, that's your prerogative' as an Intelligence officer, Jimmy. But it's been your ' prerogative for weeks, months, and nothing has happened, as I told you "
- If you want to wear your hair a certain way, that's your prerogative . You don't have to check with all your friends to make sure it's okay.
- If you choose another approach — that's your prerogative . But the problem is that parents often don't realize they're making the choice
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Alternative forms
* priviledg (obsolete) * priviledge (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- All first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you're only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege ?
- In order to advance racial equality in the United States, what we've got to do is reduce white privilege .
- ''Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege .