Credential vs Styles - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between credential and styles

is that credential is of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority while styles is .

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

is to furnish with.

(en adjective)

of, pertaining to or entitling to credit or authority

* Camden

their credential letters on both sides

(wikipedia credential) (en noun)

documentary evidence that a person has certain status or privileges

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.}}