Accredited vs Credentialed - What's the difference?
accredited | credentialed |
(accredit)
Given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.
*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=31 * The answer should give us the—But halloo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.
—Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four .
(credential)
of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority
* Camden
documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
to furnish with
* {{quote-book, 1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education
, passage=School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state.}}
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 7, author=By Patrick Walters, title=Rudd orders worldwide push for UN seat, work=Herald Sun
, passage=The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.}}
As verbs the difference between accredited and credentialed
is that accredited is (accredit) while credentialed is (credential).As an adjective accredited
is given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.accredited
English
Etymology 1
* * From the French . * See credit.Verb
(head)Etymology 2
* First attested in the 1630's.Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The task was more to Appleby's liking than the one he had anticipated, and it was necessary, since the smaller merchants in Cuba and also in parts of Peninsular Spain have no great confidence in bankers, and prefer a packet of golden onzas or a bag of pesetas to the best accredited cheque.}}
—Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four .
Synonyms
* commissioned, licensedcredentialed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*credential
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- their credential letters on both sides
Noun
(wikipedia credential) (en noun)Verb
citation
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