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Credential vs Graduation - What's the difference?

credential | graduation |

As nouns the difference between credential and graduation

is that credential is documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges while graduation is the action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).

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

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    graduation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action or process of graduating and receiving a diploma for completing a course of study (such as from an educational institution).
  • A commencement ceremony.
  • (sciences) A marking (i.e. on a container) indicating a measurement.
  • The exposure of a liquid in large surfaces to the air, so as to hasten its evaporation.

    • Synonyms

    * (marking) scale