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Accredit vs Accolade - What's the difference?

accredit | accolade |

In lang=en terms the difference between accredit and accolade

is that accredit is to recognize as outstanding while accolade is to confer praise or awards on.

As verbs the difference between accredit and accolade

is that accredit is to ascribe; attribute; credit with while accolade is to embrace or kiss in salutation.

As a noun accolade is

an expression of approval; praise.

accredit

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
  • To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
  • * (rfdate)
    • His censure will ... accredit his praises.
  • * (rfdate)
    • These reasons ... which accredit and fortify mine opinion.
  • To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
  • * (rfdate)
    • Beton ... was accredited to the Court of France. -
  • To believe; to put trust in.
  • * (rfdate)
    • The version of early Roman history which was accredited in the fifth century.
  • * (rfdate)
    • He accredited and repeated stories of apparitions and witchcraft.
  • To enter on the credit side of an account book.
  • To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
    • The school was an accredited college.
  • To recognize as outstanding.
  • (literally) To credit.

    • Derived terms

    * accredit with * accreditation * accredited

    accolade

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An expression of approval; praise.
  • A special acknowledgment; an award.
  • An embrace of greeting or salutation.
  • (historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
  • (music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
  • (US, military) Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by personnel who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954. Service of civilians who died overseas or as a result of injury or disease contracted while serving in a civilian capacity with the United States Armed Forces during the dates and/or in areas prescribed is in like manner recognized.

    • Synonyms

    * (expression of approval or praise) panegyric

    Related terms

    * collar

    References

    * (4) http://www.afms1.belvoir.army.mil/dictionary/a.htm
  • accolade

    • Verb

    (accolad)
  • To embrace or kiss in salutation.
  • (historical) To confer a knighthood on.
  • To confer praise or awards on.
    • an accoladed novel
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