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Consent vs Accredit - What's the difference?

consent | accredit |

In lang=en terms the difference between consent and accredit

is that consent is to express willingness, to give permission while accredit is to recognize as outstanding.

As verbs the difference between consent and accredit

is that consent is to express willingness, to give permission while accredit is to ascribe; attribute; credit with.

As a noun consent

is voluntary agreement or permission.

consent

English

(wikipedia consent)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To express willingness, to give permission.
    • ''I've consented to have the procedure performed.
  • * (rfdate) Shakespeare
    • My poverty, but not my will, consents .
  • (medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
  • *
  • (obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
  • * (rfdate) Milton
    • Interpreters will not consent it to be a true story.
  • To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.
  • * (rfdate) Bible, Acts viii. 1
    • And Saul was consenting unto his death.
  • * (rfdate) Fuller
    • Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive . See

    Synonyms

    * (intransitive) acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur,

    Antonyms

    * (intransitive) disagree, , oppose

    Derived terms

    * consenting

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Voluntary agreement or permission.
  • *, II.6:
    • All men know by experience, there be some parts of our bodies which often without any consent of ours doe stirre, stand, and lye down againe.

    Synonyms

    * (voluntary agreement) agreement, approval, assent, permission, willingness,

    Antonyms

    * (voluntary agreement) dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal

    Derived terms

    * consenter * consentaneous * age of consent

    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