Privilege vs. Right — What's the Difference?

A special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group

Conforming with or conformable to justice, law, or morality

Grant a privilege or privileges to

In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct

A special advantage, immunity, permission, right, or benefit granted to or enjoyed by an individual, class, or caste.

Fitting, proper, or appropriate

Such an advantage, immunity, or right held as a prerogative of status or rank, and exercised to the exclusion or detriment of others.

Most favorable, desirable, or convenient

The principle of granting and maintaining a special right or immunity

In or into a satisfactory state or condition

Protection from being forced to disclose confidential communications in certain relationships, as between attorney and client, physician and patient, or priest and confessor.

In good mental or physical health or order.

Protection from being sued for libel or slander for making otherwise actionable statements in a context or forum where open and candid expression is deemed desirable for reasons of public policy.

Intended to be worn or positioned facing outward or toward an observer

An option to buy or sell a stock, including put, call, spread, and straddle.

Of, belonging to, located on, or being the side of the body to the south when the subject is facing east.

To grant a privilege to.

Of, relating to, directed toward, or located on the right side.

To free or exempt.

Located on the right side of a person facing downstream

To assign greater importance or priority to

Often Right Of or belonging to the political or intellectual right.

An exemption from certain laws granted by the Pope.

Formed by or in reference to a line or plane that is perpendicular to another line or plane.

(countable) A particular benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity enjoyed by some but not others; a prerogative, preferential treatment.

Having the axis perpendicular to the base

An especially rare or fortunate opportunity; the good fortune (to do something).

Having a right angle

(uncountable) The fact of being privileged; the status or existence of (now especially social or economic) benefit or advantage within a given society.

Straight; uncurved; direct

A right or immunity enjoyed by a legislative body or its members.

(Archaic) Not spurious; genuine.

A stock market option.

That which is just, moral, or proper.

(legal) A common law doctrine that protects certain communications from being used as evidence in court.

The direction or position on the right side.

(computing) An ability to perform an action on the system that can be selectively granted or denied to users.

The right side.

(archaic) To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize

The right hand.

(archaic) To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.

A turn in the direction of the right hand or side.

A peculiar benefit, advantage, or favor; a right or immunity not enjoyed by others or by all; special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden; a prerogative; advantage; franchise.

The people and groups who advocate the adoption of conservative or reactionary measures, especially in government and politics. Also called right wing.

See Call, Put, Spread, etc.

The opinion of those advocating such measures.

To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize; as, to privilege representatives from arrest.

(Sports) A blow delivered by a boxer's right hand.

To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.

(Baseball) Right field.

A special advantage or immunity or benefit not enjoyed by all

A just or legal claim or title.

A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right);

Something that is due to a person or governmental body by law, tradition, or nature.

(law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship

Something, especially humane treatment, claimed to be due to animals by moral principle.

Bestow a privilege upon

An existing stockholder's legally protected claim to purchase additional shares in a corporation ahead of those who are not currently stockholders, especially at a cost lower than market value.

The negotiable paper on which such an entitlement is indicated.

Toward or on the right.

In a straight line; directly

In the proper or desired manner; well

Exactly; just

Immediately

Completely; quite

According to law, morality, or justice.

Accurately; correctly

Chiefly Southern US Considerably; very

Used as an intensive

Used in titles

To put in or restore to an upright or proper position

To put in order or set right; correct

To make reparation or amends for; redress

To regain an upright or proper position.

(archaic) Straight, not bent.

(geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.

(geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.

Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.

Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.

Healthy, sane, competent.

Real; veritable (used emphatically).

(Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.

(dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.

Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the reader's right: →

(geography) Designating the bank of a river (etc.) on one's right when facing downstream (i.e. facing forward while floating with the current); that is, the south bank of a river that flows eastward. If this arrow: ⥴ shows the direction of the current, the tilde is on the right side of the river.

Designed to be placed or worn outward.

(politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.

On the right side.

Towards the right side.

Exactly, precisely.

Immediately, directly.

Very, extremely, quite.

According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.

In a correct manner.

To a great extent or degree.

Yes, that is correct; I agree.

I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.

Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.

Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.

Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.

That which complies with justice, law or reason.

A legal, just or moral entitlement.

The right side or direction.

The right hand or fist.

The authority to perform, publish, film, or televise a particular work, event, etc.; a copyright.

(politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.

The outward or most finished surface, as of a coin, piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

(surfing) A wave breaking from right to left (viewed from the shore).

(transitive) To correct.

(transitive) To set upright.

(intransitive) To return to normal upright position.

(transitive) To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

Upright; erect from a base; having an upright axis; not oblique; as, right ascension; a right pyramid or cone.

Fit; suitable; proper; correct; becoming; as, the right man in the right place; the right way from London to Oxford.

Conformed to the constitution of man and the will of God, or to justice and equity; not deviating from the true and just; according with truth and duty; just; true.

Characterized by reality or genuineness; real; actual; not spurious.

According with truth; passing a true judgment; conforming to fact or intent; not mistaken or wrong; not erroneous; correct; as, this is the right faith.

Most favorable or convenient; fortunate.

Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which the muscular action is usually stronger than on the other side; - opposed to left when used in reference to a part of the body; as, the right side, hand, arm. Also applied to the corresponding side of the lower animals.

Well placed, disposed, or adjusted; orderly; well regulated; correctly done.

Designed to be placed or worn outward; as, the right side of a piece of cloth.

In a right manner.

In a right or straight line; directly; hence; straightway; immediately; next; as, he stood right before me; it went right to the mark; he came right out; he followed right after the guide.

Exactly; just.

According to the law or will of God; conforming to the standard of truth and justice; righteously; as, to live right; to judge right.

According to any rule of art; correctly.

According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really; correctly; exactly; as, to tell a story right.

In a great degree; very; wholly; unqualifiedly; extremely; highly; as, right humble; right noble; right valiant.

That which is right or correct.

A just judgment or action; that which is true or proper; justice; uprightness; integrity.

That to which one has a just claim.

That which one has a legal or social claim to do or to exact; legal power; authority; as, a sheriff has a right to arrest a criminal.

The right side; the side opposite to the left.

Privilege or immunity granted by authority.

In some legislative bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.

The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.

To bring or restore to the proper or natural position; to set upright; to make right or straight (that which has been wrong or crooked); to correct.

To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of; as, to right the oppressed; to right one's self; also, to vindicate.

To recover the proper or natural condition or position; to become upright.

Hence, to regain an upright position, as a ship or boat, after careening.

An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature;

(frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing;

Location near or direction toward the right side; i.e. the side to the south when a person or object faces east;

A turn to the right;

Those who support political or social or economic conservatism; those who believe that things are better left unchanged

Anything in accord with principles of justice;

The hand that is on the right side of the body;

The piece of ground in the outfield on the catcher's right

Make reparations or amends for;

Put in or restore to an upright position;

Regain an upright or proper position;

Make right or correct;

Free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth;

Being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the east when facing north;

Socially right or correct;

In conformance with justice or law or morality;

Correct in opinion or judgment;

Appropriate for a condition or occasion;

Of or belonging to the political or intellectual left

In or into a satisfactory condition;

Intended for the right hand;

In accord with accepted standards of usage or procedure;

Having the axis perpendicular to the base;

Of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face outward;

Most suitable or right for a particular purpose;

Precisely, exactly;

Immediately;

Exactly;

Toward or on the right; also used figuratively;

In the right manner;

An interjection expressing agreement

Completely;

(Southern regional intensive) very;

In accordance with moral or social standards;

In a correct manner;