different between credible vs justifiable

English

Etymology

From Middle English credible, borrowed from Old French credible, from Latin cr?dibilis (“worthy of belief”), from cr?d? (“believe”); see credit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??d?bl?/

Adjective

credible (comparative more credible, superlative most credible)

1. Believable or plausible.
2. Authentic or convincing.

Antonyms

• incredible, noncredible, uncredible

Related terms

• credibility
• credit
• credence
• credential

Translations

See also

• street cred

Further reading

• credible in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• credible in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle French justifiable

Adjective

justifiable (comparative more justifiable, superlative most justifiable)

1. That can be justified.
   • 1917, Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Part II.

     It was at all times clear that, from the point of view of the idea it conveys to us, every motion must be considered only as a relative motion. Returning to the illustration we have frequently used of the embankment and the railway carriage, we can express the fact of the motion here taking place in the following two forms, both of which are equally justifiable:

     (a) The carriage is in motion relative to the embankment,

     (b) The embankment is in motion relative to the carriage.

     In (a) the embankment, in (b) the carriage, serves as the body of reference in our statement of the motion taking place. —

Antonyms

• unjustifiable

Related terms

• justifiability
• justifiably
• justify

Derived terms

Translations

French

Adjective

justifiable (plural justifiables)

1. justifiable

Related terms

• justifier
• justification
• justifiablement

Further reading

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