permit vs law

permit and law both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
permit	Yes	No	Yes	No
law	Yes	No	No	No

permit (noun)	law (noun)
the act of giving a formal (usually written) authorization	the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
large game fish; found in waters of the West Indies	a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society
a legal document giving official permission to do something	a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature
	the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
	legal document setting forth rules governing a particular kind of activity
	the collection of rules imposed by authority
	the force of policemen and officers

permit (verb)	law (verb)
consent to, give permission; permit
allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen