authority

As nouns the difference between authority and obedience

is that authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders while obedience is persuasion; allegiance.

As nouns the difference between referent and authority

is that referent is referee (person who gives a reference) while authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders.

Authority is a related term of district.

As a noun authority

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

As a proper noun district is

(with determiner|informal) the district of columbia, the federal district of the united states.

As nouns the difference between scholar and authority

is that scholar is a student; one who studies at school or college while authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders.

In label|en|uncountable terms the difference between reason and authority

is that reason is (label) rational]] thinking (or the capacity for it; the cognitive [[faculty|faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition while authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As nouns the difference between reason and authority

is that reason is a cause: while authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As a verb reason

is to exercise the rational faculty; to deduce inferences from premises; to perform the process of deduction or of induction; to ratiocinate; to reach conclusions by a systematic comparison of facts.

As nouns the difference between freedom and authority

is that freedom is (uncountable) the state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved while authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As nouns the difference between authority and delegates

is that authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders while delegates is .

Authority is a related term of prevalence.

As nouns the difference between authority and prevalence

is that authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders while prevalence is prevalence.

Firmness is a related term of authority.

As nouns the difference between firmness and authority

is that firmness is the state of being firm; strength; permanence; stability; hardness; resolution while authority is (label) the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As nouns the difference between license and authority

is that license is a legal document giving official permission to do something; a permit while authority is the power to enforce rules or give orders.

As a verb license

is the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization.