temporary implies it is temporal -- there is a time limit. revokable means that it's fine until the evil megacorp says it isn't. to steal from an earlier thre

temporary implies it is temporal -- there is a time limit. revokable means that it's fine until the evil megacorp says it isn't. to steal from an earlier thread -- my hunting license is temporary: I know it is only good for this year. No ambiguity there, no surprises, and everyone agreed on this upfront.