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In normal English, a "privilege" often refers to something that is granted on sufferance and can be revoked at any time; in this sense it has a different meaning from right.

In legal usage, "privilege" and "right" are basically synonymous - i.e., doctor-patient privilege; attorney-client privilege; the privilege against self incrimination.
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