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Reputation vs Credibility - What's the difference?

reputation | credibility |

As nouns the difference between reputation and credibility

is that reputation is what somebody is known for while credibility is reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.

reputation

English

(wikipedia reputation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • What somebody is known for.
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    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "reputation": good, great, excellent, bad, stellar, tarnished, evil, damaged, dubious, spotless, terrible, ruined, horrible, lost, literary, corporate, global, personal, academic, scientific, posthumous, moral, artistic.

    Synonyms

    * name

    Derived terms

    * reputational

    Related terms

    * repute

    External links

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    credibility

    English

    Noun

  • Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.
    • After weeks of blowing smoke, her credibility with me was next to nil.
  • (legal) Believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, reputation impacting one's ability to be believed) believability, personal capital

    Related terms

    * credence * credible * credit

    Coordinate terms

    * cred