different between credit vs ability

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French crédit (“belief, trust”), from Latin cr?ditum (“a loan, credit”), neuter of cr?ditus, past participle of cr?dere (“to believe”). The verb is from the noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??d?t/
• Rhymes: -?d?t

Verb

credit (third-person singular simple present credits, present participle crediting, simple past and past participle credited)

1. (transitive) To believe; to put credence in.

   Synonyms: accept, believe
2. (transitive, accounting) To add to an account.

   Antonym: debit

3. (transitive) To acknowledge the contribution of.

4. (transitive) To bring honour or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.

   • You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit.

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Translations

Noun

credit (countable and uncountable, plural credits)

1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.

   • When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit into them, nor received them.

2. (uncountable) Recognition and respect.
   • 1782, William Cowper, The Diverting History of John Gilpin

     John Gilpin was a citizen / Of credit and renown.
3. (countable) Acknowledgement of a contribution, especially in the performing arts.

4. (television/film, usually in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.

5. (uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.

6. The time given for payment for something sold on trust.

7. (uncountable, US) A person's credit rating or creditworthiness, as represented by their history of borrowing and repayment (or non payment).

8. (accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.
9. (tax accounting) A reduction in taxes owed, or a refund for excess taxes paid.

10. A source of value, distinction or honour.
    • 1836, Henry Francis Cary, The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope., The Author's Preface

      I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please.

11. An arbitrary unit of value, often used in fictive or virtual currencies.
12. (uncountable) Recognition for having taken a course (class).

13. (countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.

Synonyms

• (course credit, credit hour): unit

Derived terms

Related terms

• credible

Translations

References

• credit at OneLook Dictionary Search
• credit in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• credit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• direct, triced

Latin

Verb

cr?dit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of cr?d?

Romanian

Etymology

From French crédit.

Noun

credit n (plural credite)

1. credit

Declension

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?kr?d?t/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?kre?d?t/, /?kr?d?t/

Verb

credit (literary)

1. second-person singular imperfect/conditional of credu

Noun

credit m (plural creditau)

1. Alternative form of credyd (“credit”)

Mutation

English

Alternative forms

• abilitie, hability, habilitie (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in the 1300s. From Middle English abilite (“suitability, aptitude, ability”), from Middle French habilité, from Old French ableté, from Latin habilit?s (“aptness, ability”), from habilis (“apt, fit, skillful, able”), equivalent to able +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??b?l.?.ti/, /??.b?l.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

ability (countable and uncountable, plural abilities)

1. (obsolete) Suitableness. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 17^th century.]
2. (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
3. The legal wherewithal to act. [First attested in the mid 17^th century.]
4. (now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
5. (archaic) Financial ability. [First attested in the early 16^th century.]
6. (uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty. [First attested in the late 16 ^th century.]
7. (countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude. [First attested in the early 17 ^th century.]
   • 1769, King James Bible, Acts 11:29

     Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren.

Usage notes

• Ability, capacity : these words come into comparison when applied to the higher intellectual powers.
  • Ability has reference to the active exercise of our faculties. It implies not only native vigor of mind, but that ease and promptitude of execution which arise from mental training. Thus, we speak of the ability with which a book is written, an argument maintained, a negotiation carried on, etc. It always supposes something to be done, and the power of doing it.
  • Capacity has reference to the receptive powers. In its higher exercises it supposes great quickness of apprehension and breadth of intellect, with an uncommon aptitude for acquiring and retaining knowledge. Hence it carries with it the idea of resources and undeveloped power. Thus we speak of the extraordinary capacity of such men as Lord Bacon, Blaise Pascal, and Edmund Burke. "Capacity," says H. Taylor, "is requisite to devise, and ability to execute, a great enterprise."
• The word abilities, in the plural, embraces both these qualities, and denotes high mental endowments.

Synonyms

• (quality or state of being able): capacity, faculty, capability
• (a skill or competence): See Thesaurus:skill
• (high level of skill or capability): talent, cleverness, dexterity, aptitude
• (suitability or receptiveness to be acted upon): capability, faculty, capacity, aptness, aptitude

Antonyms

• inability, unability
• disability

Derived terms

• notability

Related terms

• able

Translations

Further reading

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

References