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Credential vs. Certificate

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Credentialadjective

Pertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).

Certificatenoun

A document containing a certified statement.

Credentialnoun

documentary or electronic evidence that a person has certain status or privileges

‘May I see your credentials, please?’; ‘The computer verifies the user's credentials before allowing them to log on.’;

Certificatenoun

A document evidencing ownership or debt.

Credentialverb

to furnish with credentials

Certificatenoun

A document serving as evidence as a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.

Credentialadjective

Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.

‘Their credential letters on both sides.’;

Certificatenoun

(computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.

Credentialnoun

That which gives a title to credit or confidence.

Certificateverb

To supply with a certificate, especially following certification

Credentialnoun

Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate.

‘The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners.’; ‘Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message.’;

Certificatenoun

A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

Credentialnoun

a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

Certificatenoun

A written declaration legally authenticated.

Credential

A credential is a piece of any document that details a qualification, competence, or authority issued to an individual by a third party with a relevant or de facto authority or assumed competence to do so. Examples of credentials include academic diplomas, academic degrees, certifications, security clearances, identification documents, badges, passwords, user names, keys, powers of attorney, and so on.

Certificateverb

To verify or vouch for by certificate.

Certificateverb

To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher.

Certificatenoun

a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

Certificatenoun

a formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends;

‘he held several valuable securities’;

Certificateverb

present someone with a certificate

Certificateverb

authorize by certificate

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