licence vs liberty

licence and liberty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
licence	Yes	No	Yes	No
liberty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, liberty is a hypernym of licence; that is, liberty is a word with a broader meaning than licence:

licence: freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
liberty: freedom of choice

As nouns, liberty is a hypernym of licence; that is, liberty is a word with a broader meaning than licence:

licence (noun)	liberty (noun)
a legal document giving official permission to do something	an act of undue intimacy
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)	immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint	freedom of choice
	personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression
	leave granted to a sailor or naval officer

licence (verb)	liberty (verb)
authorize officially