Creditable vs Worthy - What's the difference?
creditable | worthy | Synonyms |
Credible or believable.
* 1847 , Benjamin Franklin Hall, The Land Owner's Manual
* 1996 , Giannino Malossi,Latin Lover: The Passionate South
That brings credit or honour; respectable.
That can be assigned; assignable.
having worth, merit or value
* Shakespeare
* Sir J. Davies
honourable or admirable
deserving, or having sufficient worth
Suited; befitting.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Matthew iii. 11
* Milton
* Dryden
a distinguished or eminent person
To render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore.
* 1880 , Sir Norman Lockyer, Nature :
* 1908 , Edward Arthur Brayley Hodgetts, The court of Russia in the nineteenth century :
* 1910 , Charles William Eliot, The Harvard classics: Beowulf :
Creditable is a synonym of worthy.
As adjectives the difference between creditable and worthy
is that creditable is credible or believable while worthy is having worth, merit or value.As a noun worthy is
a distinguished or eminent person.As a verb worthy is
to render or treat as worthy; exalt; revere; honour; esteem; respect; value; reward; adore.creditable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
- A more creditable rumour concerned Valentino's hallmark killer glance ...
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) assignableAntonyms
* (believable) unbelievable, incredible, increditableAnagrams
*worthy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) worthy, wurthi, from (etyl) *.Adjective
(er)- These banished men that I have kept withal / Are men endued with worthy qualities.
- This worthy' mind should ' worthy things embrace.
- No, Warwick, thou art worthy of the sway.
- whose shoes I am not worthy to bear.
- And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know / More happiness.
- The lodging is well worthy of the guest.
Derived terms
* worthily * worthinessNoun
(worthies)Etymology 2
From (etyl) worthien, wurthien, from (etyl) .Verb
- And put upon him such a deal of man, That worthied him, got praises of the king [...]'' — Shakespeare, ''King Lear .
- After having duly paid his addresses to it, he generally spends some time on the marble slab in front of the looking-glass, but without showing the slightest emotion at the sight of his own reflection, or worthying it with a song.
- And it is a poor daub besides," the Emperor rejoined scornfully, as he stalked out of the gallery without worthying the artist with a look.
- No henchman he worthied by weapons, if witness his features, his peerless presence!