✅ Authorized means officially permitted or approved (They were authorized to access the secure area).

✅ Accredited means officially recognized or certified, often by a professional body (The university is accredited by the national board).

✅ Both terms involve official recognition or permission.

✅ Authorized refers to being given permission, while accredited implies formal certification or recognition (I was authorized to make important decisions; She’s an accredited medical practitioner).

✅ Rival refers to someone competing for the same goal or position (The two companies are fierce rivals in the tech industry).

✅ Adversary denotes an opponent or enemy in a conflict or competition (The lawyer faced a tough adversary in court).

✅ Both terms describe opponents or competitors.

✅ Rival is often used in contexts of competition, while adversary can imply a more antagonistic relationship (The rivals competed for the championship; Attila the Hun was a brutal adversary of the Romans).

✅ Translate means to convert text or speech from one language to another (He needed to translate the document into Spanish).

✅ Transcribe means to convert spoken words into written form (She had to transcribe the interview for the report).

✅ Both words involve converting information from one form into another.

✅ Translate is used for converting languages, while transcribe is used for converting speech to text or other forms (The translator worked on multilingual documents; The clerk transcribed the meeting notes).