Here's the answer: "Authentication and authorization are related but distinct processes in an organization's identity and access management (IAM) system. Authentication verifies a user's identity. Authorization gives the user the right level of access to system resources." What follows is a fairly high level discussion of the concepts, but if the distinction wasn't immediately clear it would be well worth reading the article to get a firm understanding of the two concepts.
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