Authentic vs. Reliable — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Authentic and Reliable
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Authentic
Of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine
The letter is now accepted as an authentic document
Reliable
Capable of being relied on; dependable
A reliable assistant.
A reliable car.
Authentic
(of a church mode) containing notes between the final (the principal note) and the note an octave higher.
Reliable
Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.
Authentic
Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief
An authentic account by an eyewitness.
ADVERTISEMENT
Reliable
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence, reliance or trust; dependable, trustworthy
Authentic
Being so in fact; not fraudulent or counterfeit
An authentic medieval sword.
Reliable
Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
Authentic
(Law) Executed in a manner so as to produce legal effectiveness
An authentic deed.
Reliable
Something or someone reliable or dependable
The old reliables
Authentic
Of, relating to, or being a medieval mode having a range from its final tone to the octave above it.
Reliable
Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependance or reliance; trustworthy.
The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object.
According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable, being peopled in those agitated times by "unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs."
Authentic
Of, relating to, or being a cadence with the dominant chord immediately preceding the tonic chord.
Reliable
Worthy of reliance or trust;
A reliable source of information
A dependable worker
Authentic
(Obsolete) Authoritative.
Reliable
Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief;
An authentic account by an eyewitness
Reliable information
Authentic
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
Reliable
Worthy of being depended on;
A dependable worker
An honest working stiff
A reliable source of information
He was true to his word
I would be true for there are those who trust me
Authentic
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
The report was completely authentic.
An authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information
Authentic
Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
Authentic
(obsolete) Authoritative.
Authentic
Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.
To be avengedOn him who had stole Jove's authentic fire.
Authentic
Authoritative.
Authentic
Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.
Authentic
Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.
Authentic
Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.
A genuine book is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An authentic book is that which relates matters of fact as they really happened. A book may be genuine without being, authentic, and a book may be authentic without being genuine.
Authentic
An original (book or document).
Authentic
Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief;
An authentic account by an eyewitness
Reliable information
Authentic
Not counterfeit or copied;
An authentic signature
A bona fide manuscript
An unquestionable antique
Photographs taken in a veritable bull ring
Share Your Discovery
Previous Comparison
Hydronium vs. Hydroxonium
Next Comparison
Pitiful vs. Piteous
