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Authenticity vs Provenience - What's the difference?

authenticity | provenience |

As nouns the difference between authenticity and provenience

is that authenticity is the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original while provenience is source; origin.

authenticity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original.
    • I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy.
  • Truthfulness of origins, attributions, commitments, sincerity, and intentions.
    • The authenticity of this painting is questionable.
  • (obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).

    • Synonyms

    * (quality of being genuine) genuineness

    Antonyms

    * (quality of not being genuine) phoniness; forgery; fakeness; bogosity

    Related terms

    * authentically * authenticism

    See also

    * (wikipedia "authenticity")

    provenience

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaeology) Source; origin.

    • Usage notes

    * The term provenience in archaeology/archeology has largely replaced provenance'' because ''provenience'' is restricted to in situ location at the date of archaeological discovery rather than the "origin-to-present" chain of custody details of proper ''provenance as is customarily used by historians, museums, and commercial entities.