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Valid vs Accredited - What's the difference?

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Valid is a related term of accredited.


As adjectives the difference between valid and accredited

is that valid is valid while accredited is given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.

As a verb accredited is

(accredit).

valid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Well grounded or justifiable, pertinent.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author=(Jan Sapp) , title=Race Finished , volume=100, issue=2, page=164 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Few concepts are as emotionally charged as that of race. The word conjures up a mixture of associations—culture, ethnicity, genetics, subjugation, exclusion and persecution. But is the tragic history of efforts to define groups of people by race really a matter of the misuse of science, the abuse of a valid biological concept?}}
    I will believe him as soon as he offers a valid answer.
  • Acceptable, proper or correct.
    • A valid format for the date is MM/DD/YY.
    Do not drive without a valid license.
  • Related to the current topic, or presented within context, relevant.
  • (logic) Of a formula or system: such that it evaluates to true regardless of the input values.
  • (logic) Of an argument: whose conclusion is always true whenever its premises are true.
    • An argument is valid if and only if the set consisting of both (1) all of its premises and (2) the contradictory of its conclusion is inconsistent.

    Antonyms

    * invalid

    Hyponyms

    * sound

    Related terms

    * validate * validation * validator

    accredited

    English

    Etymology 1

    * * From the French . * See credit.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (accredit)

    • Etymology 2

    * First attested in the 1630's.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1907, author=
    • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=31 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.}}
  • * The answer should give us the—But halloo! here are the accredited representatives of the law.
    —Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four .
    • Synonyms
    * commissioned, licensed