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civil right vs human right

human right vs civil right

civil right and human right both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
civil right Yes No No No
human right Yes No No No
As nouns, human right is a hypernym of civil right; that is, human right is a word with a broader 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
  • human right: (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
civil right (noun) human right (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 (law) any basic right or freedom to which all human beings are entitled and in whose exercise a government may not interfere (including rights to life and liberty as well as freedom of thought and expression and equality before the law)
Difference between civil right and human right

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