authorities vs pontificate

pontificate vs authorities

authorities and pontificate both are nouns.

authorities is not a verb while pontificate is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
authorities	Yes	No	No	No
pontificate	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, pontificate is a hyponym of authorities; that is, pontificate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than authorities:

authorities: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
pontificate: the government of the Roman Catholic Church

Other hyponyms of authorities include authoritarian regime, authoritarian state, bureaucracy, ancien regime, court, royal court, Downing Street, empire, federal government, government-in-exile, local government, military government, stratocracy, palace, papacy, pupet regime, puppet government, puppet state, state, state government, totalitarian state, totalitation regime.

authorities (noun)	pontificate (noun)
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit	the government of the Roman Catholic Church

authorities (verb)	pontificate (verb)
	talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
	administer a pontifical office

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