authority

As nouns the difference between legitimacy and authority

is that legitimacy is the quality of being legitimate or valid; validity while authority is the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As a verb authorise

is .

As a noun authority is

(label) the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As nouns the difference between authority and authorship

is that authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders while authorship is the quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.

As nouns the difference between tenacity and authority

is that tenacity is the quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose while authority is the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As nouns the difference between entitlement and authority

is that entitlement is the right to have something while authority is the power to enforce rules or give orders.

In countable terms the difference between temerity and authority

is that temerity is an act or case of reckless boldness while authority is a person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.

As nouns the difference between temerity and authority

is that temerity is reckless boldness; foolish bravery while authority is the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As nouns the difference between establishment and authority

is that establishment is the act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation while authority is the power to enforce rules or give orders.

In uncountable terms the difference between body and authority

is that body is comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.) while authority is the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As nouns the difference between body and authority

is that body is physical frame while authority is the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As a verb body

is to give body or shape to something.

As nouns the difference between authority and officialdom

is that authority is the power to enforce rules or give orders while officialdom is the people elected to government or employed in the civil service.

Bidding is a related term of authority.

As nouns the difference between bidding and authority

is that bidding is that which one is bidden to do; a command while authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As a verb bidding

is .