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pontificate vs authorities

authorities vs pontificate

pontificate and authorities both are nouns.

pontificate is a verb but authorities is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pontificate Yes No Yes No
authorities Yes No No No
As nouns, authorities is a hypernym of pontificate; that is, authorities is a word with a broader meaning than pontificate:
  • pontificate: the government of the Roman Catholic Church
  • authorities: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
Other hypernyms of pontificate include government, regime.
pontificate (noun) authorities (noun)
the government of the Roman Catholic Church the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
pontificate (verb) authorities (verb)
talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
administer a pontifical office
Difference between pontificate and authorities

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