What is the difference between ROLE and PRIVILEGE for Oracle?

Question

Is role a collection of certain privileges?

Answer 1

Yes, a role is a collection of system and/or object privileges and/or other roles. It simplifies privilege management by allowing you to manage bundles of privileges.

Answer 2

Justin Cave is correct.⁺¹ If you would like to learn more about roles you can get a good overview from the Concepts Guide. The Security Guide has more in depth information including limitations such as roles not being enabled in Definer rights methods.