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Credential vs Citation - What's the difference?

credential | citation |

As nouns the difference between credential and citation

is that credential is documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges while citation is an official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

As an adjective credential

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

As a verb credential

is to furnish with.

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

    *

    citation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
  • The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words.
  • An entry in a list of source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
  • The passage or words quoted; quotation.
  • Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
  • A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
  • A commendation in recognition of some achievement, or a formal statement of an achievement.
  • Synonyms

    * (passage of words) quotation * (passage of words) quote