Permission vs. Privilege
Permissionnoun
authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
Permissionnoun
The act of permitting.
Permissionnoun
(computing) flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
Permissionverb
(transitive) To grant or obtain authorization for.
Permissionnoun
The act of permitting or allowing; formal consent; authorization; leave; license or liberty granted.
Permissionnoun
approval to do something;
Permissionnoun
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
Permissionnoun
the action of officially allowing someone to do a particular thing; consent or authorization
Permissionnoun
an official document giving authorization
Privilegenoun
An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.
Privilegenoun
(countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.
Privilegenoun
An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).
Privilegenoun
(uncountable) The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.
Privilegenoun
A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.
Privilegenoun
A stock market option.
Privilegenoun
(legal) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.
Privilegenoun
(computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users; permission.
Privilegeverb
(archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
Privilegeverb
(archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
Privilegenoun
A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise.
Privilegenoun
See Call, Put, Spread, etc.
Privilegeverb
To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.
Privilegeverb
To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
Privilegenoun
a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all
Privilegenoun
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right);
Privilegenoun
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
Privilegeverb
bestow a privilege upon
Privilegenoun
a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group
Privilegenoun
something regarded as a special honour
Privilegenoun
(especially in a parliamentary context) the right to say or write something without the risk of incurring punishment or legal action for defamation
Privilegenoun
the right of a lawyer or official to refuse to divulge confidential information.
Privilegenoun
a grant to an individual, corporation, or place of special rights or immunities, especially in the form of a franchise or monopoly.
Privilegeverb
grant a privilege or privileges to
Privilegeverb
exempt (someone) from a liability or obligation to which others are subject
