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Restricted vs Unauthorized - What's the difference?

restricted | unauthorized |

As adjectives the difference between restricted and unauthorized

is that restricted is limited within bounds while unauthorized is not having any authority.

As a verb restricted

is (restrict).

restricted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (restrict)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Limited within bounds.
  • Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
  • One of the classifications of the secrecy of an official document.
  • (grammar) Qualified.

    • Anagrams

    *

    unauthorized

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • not having any authority
  • without official authorization

    • Usage notes

    * Objects: autobiography, copying, distribution, disclosure, publication, person, warfare, and a variety of others.