Difference between Approve and Authorize

APPROVE vs AUTHORIZE: VERB

To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit; -- said esp. of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
To show to be real or true; to prove.
To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm.
To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
To make or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.

To rely for authority.
To justify; to furnish a ground for.
To sanction or confirm by the authority of some one; to warrant.
To establish by authority, as by usage or public opinion; to sanction.
To make legal; to give legal sanction to; to legalize.
To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower.
To give permission for (something); sanction.
To grant authority or power to.

To make good; show to be real or true; prove; confirm; attest; corroborate.
Think well of
Judge to be right or commendable
In law, to turn to one's own profit; augment the value or profits of, as of waste land, by inclosing and cultivating; improve.
To think or judge well or favorably; be pleased: usually with of.
. To show itself to be; prove or turn out.
Hence—. To convict upon trial or by proof.
To put to the test; prove by trial; try.
To manifest as worthy of approval; commend: used reflexively.
To pronounce good; think or judge well of; admit the propriety or excellence of; be pleased with; commend: as, on trial the goods were approved; to approve the policy of the administration.
To sanction officially; ratify authoritatively: as, the decision of the court martial was approved.
To show; prove to be; demonstrate.

To give authority, warrant, or legal power to; empower (a person): as, to authorize commissioners to settle the boundary of a state.
To give authority for; approve of and permit; formally sanction (an act or a proceeding).
To make authoritative or valid; legalize; validate.
To establish by authority or usage: as, an authorized idiom.
To warrant; vouch for.
To support (one's self) upon the authority (of).
Also spelled authorise.

Adopt, Agree, Enact, Accept, Ratifies, Okays, Ratified, Vote, Endorse, Approval, Ratify, Authorize, Ok, Okay, Sanction

Condone, Permit, Ratify, Authority, Designate, Certify, Allow, Endorse, Approves, Approved, Authorization, Approve, Clear, Pass, Authorise

Authorized, Endorsed, Decide, Authorization, Agree, Enact, Accept, Ratified, Vote, Endorse, Approval, Ratify, Ok, Okay, Sanction

Sanction, Approval, Condone, Permit, Ratify, Authority, Designate, Certify, Allow, Endorse, Approved, Authorization, Approve, Clear, Pass

City would not approve the amount of apartments.
There are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them.
The Commission shall then make a recommendation to the Board to approve, nditionally approve, or deny the application.
Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them.
FDA then reviews and uses as the basis for their decision to approve or not approve the drug for sale.
COs and their representatives will approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove contractor deliveries promptly and according to any time limits providedin the contract.
Legislative Assembly for approval, to approve, or revise and approve, a budget of the money appropriated for such new activity.
The Community Development Department shall review the proposed change of access and either approve, approve with conditions or disapprove.
The development review committee shall approve, approve with conditions, or deny the site plan.
Understand that the contracting officer has vast discretion to approve or not approve your contract novation agreement.

Online Appraisal and I authorize Masterpiece Technologies Inc.
Authorize Purchase of Ballistic Panels from Safeware, Inc.
Is the Authorize attribute needed in Razor Pages?
No amount of compensation can authorize such action.
Does ETIAS Authorize Residency in the Schengen Zone?
Credit card payments may be accepted via Authorize.
We encourage Congress to authorize these products permanently.
You must authorize teto facilitate an internal inspection.
The finance director or designee may, in a proper case, authorize deferred payments, or, in the case of a disputed bill, authorize adjustments.
The permits would not authorize any takes from the wild, nor would it authorize any release of captive sturgeon into the wild.