Creed vs Cred - What's the difference?
creed | cred |
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a definite summary of what is believed; a confession of faith for public use; especially, one which is brief and comprehensive.
* A creed is a manifesto of religious or spiritual beliefs
(rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.
* 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , I:
(urban, slang) Credibility.
* 2002 , Popular Science (volume 261, number 5, November 2002, page 48)
(computing, informal, usually, in the plural) credential
As nouns the difference between creed and cred
is that creed is that which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to while cred is credibility.As a verb creed
is to believe; to credit.creed
English
Noun
(en noun)- The precipice she stood on was immense, / So was her creed in her own innocence.
Derived terms
* Apostles' Creed * Athanasian Creed * Nicene CreedReferences
* * ----cred
English
Noun
(en noun)- After listening to that sheer pile of bull mess he tried to tell me yesterday, I've decided he's got precisely zero cred as far as I'm concerned.
- Don't worry about losing geek cred here: In addition to its usual functions, the remote will be able to call up a customizable Command menu that executes any program or script you have the temerity to put in its configuration file.
- 1998', "Lou Langholtz", ''DCE programming: using login '''creds to auth server?'' (on newsgroup ''comp.soft-sys.dce )