wedding licence vs license

wedding licence and license both are nouns.

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

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

Other hypernyms of wedding licence include licence, permit.

wedding 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

wedding licence (verb)	license (verb)
	authorize officially