Sanctioned vs Accredited - What's the difference?
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(sanction)
An approval, by an authority, generally one that makes something valid.
A penalty, or some coercive measure, intended to ensure compliance; especially one adopted by several nations, or by an international body.
A law, treaty, or contract, or a clause within a law, treaty, or contract, specifying the above.
To ratify; to make valid.
To give official authorization or approval to; to countenance.
* 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.21:
To penalize (a State etc.) with sanctions.
(accredit)
Given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.
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, chapter=31 * The answer should give us the—But halloo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.
—Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four .
Sanctioned is a related term of accredited.
As verbs the difference between sanctioned and accredited
is that sanctioned is (sanction) while accredited is (accredit).As an adjective accredited is
given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.sanctioned
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Verb
(head)sanction
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Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- Many of the most earnest Protestants were business men, to whom lending money at interest was essential. Consequently first Calvin, and then other Protestant divines, sanctioned interest.
accredited
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Etymology 1
* * From the French . * See credit.Verb
(head)Etymology 2
* First attested in the 1630's.Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The task was more to Appleby's liking than the one he had anticipated, and it was necessary, since the smaller merchants in Cuba and also in parts of Peninsular Spain have no great confidence in bankers, and prefer a packet of golden onzas or a bag of pesetas to the best accredited cheque.}}
—Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four .