marriage licence vs license

marriage licence and license both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
marriage licence	Yes	No	No	No
license	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

Other hypernyms of marriage licence include licence, permit.

marriage licence (noun)	license (noun)
a license authorizing two people to marry	the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization
	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

marriage licence (verb)	license (verb)
	authorize officially