privilege vs attorney-client privilege

attorney-client privilege vs privilege

privilege and attorney-client privilege both are nouns.

privilege is a verb but attorney-client privilege is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
privilege	Yes	No	Yes	No
attorney-client privilege	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attorney-client privilege is a hyponym of privilege; that is, attorney-client privilege is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than privilege:

privilege: (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
attorney-client privilege: the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client

Other hyponyms of privilege include informer's privilege, journalist's privilege, husband-wife privilege, marital communications privilege, physician-patient privilege, priest-penitent privilege.

privilege (noun)	attorney-client privilege (noun)
a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right)	the right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client
(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
a special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

privilege (verb)	attorney-client privilege (verb)
bestow a privilege upon

Difference between privilege and attorney-client privilege

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