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Role vs Entitlement - What's the difference?

role | entitlement |

As nouns the difference between role and entitlement

is that role is a character or part played by a performer or actor while entitlement is the right to have something.

role

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • * 2012 , Stephen MacLean, A cheer for constitutional monarchy's restraint on government] , [[w:Adam Smith Institute, Adam Smith Institute]:
    • As the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations wind down, it may be well to reflect on an aspect of public choice theory which supports constitutional monarchy — principally its rôle as a brake upon self-aggrandising politicians.

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    entitlement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The right to have something.
  • Something that one is entitled to.
  • (politics) A legal obligation on a government to make payments to a person, business, or unit of government that meets the criteria set in law, such as social security in the US.