authorisation vs direction

direction vs authorisation

authorisation and direction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
authorisation	Yes	No	No	No
direction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, direction is a hypernym of authorisation; that is, direction is a word with a broader meaning than authorisation:

authorisation: the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
direction: the act of managing something

Other hypernyms of authorisation include management.

authorisation (noun)	direction (noun)
the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant	the act of managing something
the power or right to give orders or make decisions	the act of setting and holding a course
official permission or approval	a general course along which something has a tendency to develop
a document giving an official instruction or command	the concentration of attention or energy on something
	something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action
	a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
	a message describing how something is to be done
	a line leading to a place or point
	the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves

Difference between authorisation and direction

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