Authorization vs. Authority

Authorizationnoun

(uncountable) Permission.

Authorizationnoun

(countable) An act of authorizing.

Authorizationnoun

(countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.

Authorizationnoun

(government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

Authorizationnoun

a document giving an official instruction or command

Authorizationnoun

official permission or approval;

Authorizationnoun

the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant

Authorization

Authorization is the function of specifying access rights/privileges to resources, which is related to general information security and computer security, and to access control in particular. More formally, is to define an access policy.

Authoritynoun

(uncountable) The power to enforce rules or give orders.

Authoritynoun

(used in singular or plural form) Persons in command; specifically, government.

Authoritynoun

(countable) A person accepted as a source of reliable information on a subject.

Authoritynoun

Government-owned agency which runs a revenue-generating activity.

Authoritynoun

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.

Authoritynoun

Government; the persons or the body exercising power or command; as, the local authorities of the States; the military authorities.

Authoritynoun

The power derived from opinion, respect, or esteem; influence of character, office, or station, or mental or moral superiority, and the like; claim to be believed or obeyed; as, an historian of no authority; a magistrate of great authority.

Authoritynoun

That which, or one who, is claimed or appealed to in support of opinions, actions, measures, etc.

Authoritynoun

(usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others;

Authoritynoun

freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;

Authoritynoun

an administrative unit of government;

Authoritynoun

official permission or approval;

Authoritynoun

an authoritative written work;

Authority

In the fields of sociology and political science, authority is the legitimate power that a person or a group of persons possess and practice over other people. In a civil state, authority is made formal by way of a judicial branch and an executive branch of government.In the exercise of governance, the terms authority and power are inaccurate synonyms.