different between attestation vs accreditation

English

Etymology

attest +? -ation; from Middle French attestation, from Latin attest?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.t?s.te?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æt??ste???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: at?tes?ta?tion

Noun

attestation (countable and uncountable, plural attestations)

1. A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
2. A confirmation or authentication.
3. (business, finance) The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business information of a business, public agency, or other organization.
4. (linguistics, of a language, word, word form, or word meaning) An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French attestation, from Latin attest?ti? (“attestation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t?s.ta.sj??/

Noun

attestation f (plural attestations)

1. certificate
2. testimonial
3. attestation
4. statement
5. declaration
6. (law) affidavit

Further reading

• “attestation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1806.
• accredit +? -ation

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?-kr?d'?-t??sh?n, IPA^(key): /??k??d.??te?.??n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): [??k??d.??te?.??n]
• (US) IPA^(key): [??k??d.??te?.??n], [??k??d.???e?.??n]
• Hyphenation: ac?cred?i?ta?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

accreditation (countable and uncountable, plural accreditations)

1. The giving of credentials.
2. The act of accrediting.

3. (education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• actinoceratid

Interlingua

Noun

accreditation

1. accreditation