Credential vs Qualification - What's the difference?
credential | qualification |
of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority
* Camden
documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges
to furnish with
* {{quote-book, 1997, Paul Thomas Hill et al., Reinventing Public Education
, 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
, passage=The newly credentialled ambassador to the Holy See is already in the PM's good books.}}
A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
(obsolete) A quality or attribute.
*1714 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
*:To shew, that these Qualfications , which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.
An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
As nouns the difference between credential and qualification
is that credential is documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges while qualification is a clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.As an adjective credential
is of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority.As a verb credential
is to furnish with credentials.credential
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- their credential letters on both sides
Noun
(wikipedia credential) (en noun)Verb
citation
citation
See also
* (Credentialing)Anagrams
*qualification
English
(wikipedia qualification)Noun
(en noun)- I accept your offer, but with the following qualification .
- Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
- What are your qualifications for this job?