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Creditable vs Estimable - What's the difference?

creditable | estimable | Synonyms |

Creditable is a synonym of estimable.


As adjectives the difference between creditable and estimable

is that creditable is credible or believable while estimable is worthy of esteem; admirable.

creditable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Credible or believable.
  • * 1847 , Benjamin Franklin Hall, The Land Owner's Manual
    • Before receiving his testimony, the officer is required to ascertain from his own knowledge or by a creditable witness that he is a subscribing witness to the deed.
  • * 1996 , Giannino Malossi,Latin Lover: The Passionate South
    • A more creditable rumour concerned Valentino's hallmark killer glance ...
  • That brings credit or honour; respectable.
  • That can be assigned; assignable.

    • Usage notes

    Some authorities regard the usage of creditable in sense 1 (credible, believable) as an error.

    Synonyms

    * (believable) believable, credible * (that brings credit) commendable, respectable * (that can be assigned) assignable

    Antonyms

    * (believable) unbelievable, incredible, increditable

    Related terms

    * credible * credit

    Anagrams

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    estimable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Worthy of esteem; admirable.
  • * 1868 , , Little Women , ch. 22,
    • Mr. March told . . . how devoted Brooke had been, and how he was altogether a most estimable and upright young man.
  • (archaic) Valuable.
  • * 1596 , , The Merchant of Venice , act 1, scene 3:
    • A pound of man's flesh taken from a man
    Is not so estimable , profitable neither,
    As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats.
  • Capable of being estimated.
  • * 1928 , Louis Kahlenberg and Norbert Barwasser, "On the time of Absorption and Excretion of Boric Acid in Man," Journal of Biological Chemistry , volume 79, iss. 2, page 406:
    • After this time boric acid is always present in estimable amounts.

    References

    * * * * " estimable" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus (Wordsmyth, 2002) * " estimable" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007) * * Oxford English Dictionary , second edition (1989) ----