Interest and Privilege

Interest

Interest noun - A legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something.

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Privilege and interest are semantically related in possession topic. In some cases you can use "Privilege" instead a noun "Interest".

Privilege noun - Something granted as a special favor.

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Interest and privilege are semantically related in claim topic. Sometimes you can use "Interest" instead a noun "Privilege".

Nearby Words: privileged, privileging

human	human interest	human privilege
special	special interest	special privilege
particular	particular interest	particular privilege
common	common interest	common privilege
Other adjectives: real, great, huge, main, personal, passing.

Conflict of interest, attorney-pirate privilege and all that stuff!

Source: Video Game / Tales of Monkey Island
When McCarthy began to target the Atomic Energy Commission, Eisenhower ordered that its employees not reveal anything for the sake of "public interest", technically making him the father of executive privilege.

Source: Useful Notes / Dwight D. Eisenhower aka: Dwight Eisenhower

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