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Authenticity vs Trustworthiness - What's the difference?

authenticity | trustworthiness |

As nouns the difference between authenticity and trustworthiness

is that authenticity is the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original while trustworthiness is the state or quality of being trustworthy or reliable.

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")

    trustworthiness

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia trustworthiness) (-)
  • The state or quality of being trustworthy or reliable.