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Accredit vs Acknowledge - What's the difference?

accredit | acknowledge |

In transitive terms the difference between accredit and acknowledge

is that accredit is to recognize as outstanding while acknowledge is to admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.

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

    acknowledge

    English

    Alternative forms

    * acknowledg (obsolete)

    Verb

    (acknowledg)
  • To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in; as, to acknowledge the being of a god.
  • :* I acknowledge my transgressions. - ''Psalm 51:3 .
  • :* ''For ends generally acknowledged to be good. -
  • To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
  • :* In all thy ways acknowledge Him. - ''Proverbs 3:6
  • :* By my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee. - , III-v
  • To own with gratitude or as a benefit or an obligation; as, to acknowledge a favor.
  • :* ''They his gifts acknowledged none. -
  • To notify receipt, as of a letter.
  • To own as genuine or valid; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledge a deed.

    • Usage notes

    * Acknowledge'' is opposed to keep back, or conceal, and supposes that something had been previously known to us (though perhaps not to others) which we now feel bound to lay open or make public. Thus, a man ''acknowledges'' a secret marriage; one who has done wrong ''acknowledges'' his fault; and author ''acknowledges'' his obligation to those who have aided him; we ''acknowledge our ignorance. * Recognize'' supposes that we have either forgotten or not had the evidence of a thing distinctly before our minds, but that now we know it (as it were) anew, or receive and admit in on the ground of the evidence it brings. Thus, we ''recognize'' a friend after a long absence. We ''recognize'' facts, principles, truths, etc., when their evidence is brought up fresh to the mind; as, bad men usually ''recognize'' the providence of God in seasons of danger. A foreign minister, consul, or agent, of any kind, is ''recognized on the ground of his producing satisfactory credentials. * See also confess

    Synonyms

    * avow, proclaim, recognize, own, admit, allow, concede, confess

    Derived terms

    * acknowledgeable * acknowledged * acknowledgedly * acknowledge the corn * acknowledged

    Related terms

    * acknowledgment

    References

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