civil right vs civil liberty

civil liberty vs civil right

civil right and civil liberty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
civil right	Yes	No	No	No
civil liberty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, civil liberty is a hyponym of civil right; that is, civil liberty is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than civil right:

civil right: right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality
civil liberty: fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference

Other hyponyms of civil right include habeas corpus, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom to bear arms, freedom from search and seizure, right to due process, freedom from self-incrimination, privilege against self incrimination, freedom from double jeopardy, right to speedy and public trial by jury, right to an attorney, right to confront accusors, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, freedom from involuntary servitude, equal protection of the laws, freedom from discrimination, equal opportunity.

civil right (noun)	civil liberty (noun)
right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality	fundamental individual right protected by law and expressed as immunity from unwarranted governmental interference
	one's freedom to exercise one's rights as guaranteed under the laws of the country

Difference between civil right and civil liberty

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