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Privilege vs Prerequisite - What's the difference?

privilege | prerequisite | Synonyms |

Privilege is a synonym of prerequisite.


As nouns the difference between privilege and prerequisite

is that privilege is while prerequisite is something that must be gained in order to gain something else.

As an adjective prerequisite is

required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.

privilege

English

(Webster 1913) (wikipedia privilege)

Alternative forms

* priviledg (obsolete) * priviledge (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • All first-year professors here must teach four courses a term, yet you're only teaching one! What entitled you to such a privilege ?
  • The status or existence of such benefit or advantage.
    • In order to advance racial equality in the United States, what we've got to do is reduce white privilege .
  • (legal) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
    • ''Your honor, my client is not required to answer that; her response is protected by attorney-client privilege .
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * prerogative, immunity, freelage, franchise, right, claim, liberty, advantage, foredeal

    Derived terms

    * cisprivilege

    Verb

    (privileg)
  • (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.

    • Related terms

    * allege ----

    prerequisite

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Required as a prior condition of something else; necessary or indispensable.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that must be gained in order to gain something else
    • Having a decent qualification is a prerequisite to getting a good job in marketing.
  • In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq .
    • Algebra is typically a prerequisite for physics .

    Related terms

    * corequisite