Certification vs. Licensure — What's the Difference?

Certification is the formal attestation or confirmation of certain characteristics of an object, person, or organization. This confirmation is often, but not always, provided by some form of external review, education, assessment, or audit.

Licensure means a restricted practice or a restriction on the use of an occupational title, requiring a license. A license created under a "practice act" requires a license before performing a certain activity, such as driving a car on public roads.

The act of certifying.

The act or an instance of granting a license, usually to practice a profession.

The state of being certified.

The act of conferring a license for an activity.

A certified statement.

The condition of being licensed.

The act of certifying.

A licensing.

The granting of a certificate.

A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.

The act of certifying.

The act of certifying or bestowing a franchise on

Confirmation that some fact or statement is true

A document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

Validating the authenticity of something or someone