Empower vs. Entitle — What's the Difference?

Give (someone) the authority or power to do something

To give a name or title to.

To invest with power, especially legal power or official authority.

To furnish with a right or claim to something

To equip or supply with an ability; enable

To give a title to. en

(transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.

To dignify by an honorary designation.

(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.

To give power or authority (to do something).

To give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor.

To give rightful ownership.

To give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to.

To give a title to a book, film, play, etc.

To enable or permit; to give more opportunity for independent action.

To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book "Commentaries;" to entitle a man "Honorable."

Give or delegate power or authority to;

To give a claim to; to qualify for, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer's talents entitle him to command.

Give qualities or abilities to

To attribute; to ascribe.

Give the right to;

Give a title to

Give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility