human right vs civil right

human right and civil right both are nouns.

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

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

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: 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

Other hyponyms of human right include right to privacy, right to life, right to liberty, right to the pursuit of happiness, freedom of thought, equality before the law.

human right (noun)	civil right (noun)
(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)	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 vs civil right

human right and civil right both are nouns.

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