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Credential vs Certified - What's the difference?

credential | certified |

As verbs the difference between credential and certified

is that credential is to furnish with while certified is (certify).

As an adjective credential

is of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority.

As a noun credential

is documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges.

credential

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority
  • * Camden
    • their credential letters on both sides

    Noun

    (wikipedia credential) (en noun)
  • documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges

    • Verb

  • to furnish with
  • * {{quote-book, 1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education citation
    • , passage=School superintendents, principals, and teachers are currently credentialed only by the state.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=March 7, author=By Patrick Walters, title=Rudd orders worldwide push for UN seat, work=Herald Sun citation
    • , passage=The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.}}

    See also

    * (Credentialing)

    Anagrams

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    certified

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (certify)

    • Anagrams

    *

    certify

    English

    Verb

  • to attest to as the truth or meeting a standard

    • Synonyms

    * (to attest as to) attest, witness, vouch for, approve, confirm

    Derived terms

    * certifiable * decertify

    Related terms

    * certification

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