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Authenticated vs Reliable - What's the difference?

authenticated | reliable | Related terms |

As a verb authenticated

is past participle of lang=en.

As an adjective reliable is

suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.

As a noun reliable is

something or someone reliable or dependable.

authenticated

English

Verb

(head)

    • reliable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
    • A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
    The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
    According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.
  • (signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't

    • Synonyms

    * secure * dependable

    Antonyms

    * unreliable

    Derived terms

    * reliableness * reliably * semireliable

    Related terms

    * reliability * reliance * rely

    See also

    * (Reliability)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something or someone or dependable
    • the old reliables