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Declaration vs Certificate - What's the difference?

declaration | certificate |

As nouns the difference between declaration and certificate

is that declaration is a written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief while certificate is a document containing a certified statement.

As a verb certificate is

to supply with a certificate, especially following certification.

declaration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief.
  • A list of items for various legal purposes, e.g. customs declaration.
  • The act or process of declaring.
  • (cricket) The act, by the captain of a batting side, of declaring an innings closed.
  • (legal) In common law, the formal document specifying plaintiff’s cause of action, including the facts necessary to sustain a proper cause of action, and to advise the defendant of the grounds upon which he is being sued.
  • (computing) The specification of a variable's type

    • Quotations

    * 1611 , (King James Version of the Bible), 1:1 *: Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

    Synonyms

    * (written or oral indication) avowal, notice, statement * (list of items for legal purposes) notice, statement * (act or process of declaring) notice

    See also

    * complaint * statutory * statutory declaration

    External links

    * (wikipedia) ----

    certificate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A document containing a certified statement.
  • A document evidencing ownership or debt.
  • (computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.

    • Verb

    (certificat)
  • To supply with a certificate, especially following certification

    • Related terms

    * certify * certified ----