Glory vs Credit - What's the difference?
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Great beauty or splendour, that is so overwhelming it is considered powerful.
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, title= Honour, admiration, or distinction, accorded by common consent to a person or thing; high reputation; renown.
* (Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
That quality in a person or thing which secures general praise or honour.
* Sir (Philip Sidney) (1554-1586)
* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
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, title= Worship or praise.
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Optical phenomenon caused by water droplets.
Victory; success.
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, work=BBC Sport An emanation of light supposed to proceed from beings of peculiar sanctity. It is represented in art by rays of gold, or the like, proceeding from the head or body, or by a disk, or a mere line.
(label) Pride; boastfulness; arrogance.
* (George Chapman) (1559-1634)
To exult with joy; to rejoice.
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To boast; to be proud.
To believe; to put credence in.
* Shakespeare
(accounting) To add to an account (confer debit.)
To acknowledge the contribution of.
To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.
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Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
* Bible, 1 Macc. x. 46
(uncountable) Recognition and respect.
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(countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.
Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.
(uncountable, legal, business) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.
The time given for payment for something sold on trust.
(uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).
(accounting) An addition to certain accounts.
(tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.
A source of value, distinction or honour.
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An arbitrary unit of value, used in many token economies.
(uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).
(countable) A (course credit), a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.
As nouns the difference between glory and credit
is that glory is great beauty or splendour, that is so overwhelming it is considered powerful while credit is reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.As verbs the difference between glory and credit
is that glory is to exult with joy; to rejoice while credit is to believe; to put credence in.glory
English
(wikipedia glory)Noun
(glories)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
It's a gas, passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains. Isolating a city’s effluent and shipping it away in underground sewers has probably saved more lives than any medical procedure except vaccination.}}
- Spread his glory through all countries wide.
- Think it no glory to swell in tyranny.
- Jewels lose their glory if neglected.
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}
- Glory to God in the highest.
citation, passage=But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory , they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.}}
- in glory of thy fortunes
Verb
(en-verb)- He says he glories in what happened, and that good may be done indirectly; but I wish he would not so wear himself out now he is getting old, and would leave such pigs to their wallowing.
credit
English
Verb
(en verb)- Someone said there were over 100,000 people there, but I can't credit that.
- How shall they credit / A poor unlearned virgin?
- Credit accounts receivable with the amount of the invoice.
- For the payroll period credit employees' tips to their wages paid account and debit their minimum wage payable account.
- The full amount of the purchase has been credited to your account.
- I credit the town council with restoring the shopping district.
- Credit the point guard with another assist.
- You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit.
Noun
- When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit into them, nor received them.
- I give you credit for owning up to your mistake.
- He arrived five minutes late, but to his credit he did work an extra ten minutes at the end of his shift.
- John Gilpin was a citizen / Of credit and renown.
citation, page= , passage="I've got to give credit to Van Persie, it was a great goal. We didn't mean to give them chances but they're a good team."}}
- She received a singing credit in last year's operetta.
- They kissed, and then the credits rolled.
- In view of your payment record, we are happy to extend further credit to you.
- a long credit''' or a short '''credit
- What do you mean my credit is no good?
- Didn't you know that the IRS will refund any excess payroll taxes that you paid if you use the 45(B) general business credit ?
- That engineer is a credit to the team.
- I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please.
- To repair your star cruiser will cost 100,000 credits .
- Would you like to play? I put in a dollar and I've got two credits left.
- If you do not come to class, you will not get credit for the class, regardless of how well you do on the final.
- Dude, I just need 3 more credits to graduate – I can take socio-linguistics of Swahili if I want.