Credence vs Reliability - What's the difference?
credence | reliability |
(uncountable) Acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
Credential or supporting material for a person or claim.
(religion, countable ) A small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services.
(countable ) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate on open shelves.
(obsolete) To give credence to; to believe.
The quality of being reliable, dependable or trustworthy.
The quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent, that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See validity).
In engineering measurable time of work before failure
As nouns the difference between credence and reliability
is that credence is acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence while reliability is the quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.As a verb credence
is to give credence to; to believe.credence
English
Noun
- Based on the scientific data, I give credence to this hypothesis.
- He presented us with a letter of credence .