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Accredit vs Certified - What's the difference?

accredit | certified |

As verbs the difference between accredit and certified

is that accredit is to ascribe; attribute; credit with while certified is (certify).

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

    certified

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (certify)
  • Anagrams

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    certify

    English

    Verb

  • to attest to as the truth or meeting a standard
  • Synonyms

    * (to attest as to) attest, witness, vouch for, approve, confirm

    Derived terms

    * certifiable * decertify

    Anagrams

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