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Credibility vs Congeniality - What's the difference?

credibility | congeniality |

As nouns the difference between credibility and congeniality

is that credibility is reputation impacting one's ability to be believed while congeniality is the quality of being congenial; the state of being agreeable or of having similar tastes.

credibility

English

Noun

  • Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
    • After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.
  • (legal) Believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, reputation impacting one's ability to be believed) believability, personal capital

    Related terms

    * credence * credible * credit

    Coordinate terms

    * cred

    congeniality

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being congenial; the state of being agreeable or of having similar tastes.
    • Mandy was known for her congeniality ; she could easily fit in to virtually any group of people and have a good time.
    If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. — Motley.

    See also

    * geniality