license vs empowerment

license and empowerment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
license	Yes	No	Yes	No
empowerment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, empowerment is a hypernym of license; that is, empowerment is a word with a broader meaning than license:

Other hypernyms of license include authorisation, authorization.

license (noun)	empowerment (noun)
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization	the act of conferring legality or sanction or formal warrant
a legal document giving official permission to do something
freedom to deviate deliberately from normally applicable rules or practices (especially in behavior or speech)
excessive freedom; lack of due restraint

license (verb)	empowerment (verb)
authorize officially