different between creditable vs creed

English

Etymology

From credit +? -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??d?t?b?l/

Adjective

creditable (comparative more creditable, superlative most creditable)

1. Credible or believable.
   • 1847, Benjamin Franklin Hall, The Land Owner's Manual

     Before receiving his testimony, the officer is required to ascertain from his own knowledge or by a creditable witness that he is a subscribing witness to the deed.

   • 1996, Giannino Malossi,Latin Lover: The Passionate South

     A more creditable rumour concerned Valentino's hallmark killer glance ...

2. That brings credit or honour; respectable.
3. That can be assigned; assignable.

Usage notes

Some authorities regard the usage of creditable in sense 1 (credible, believable) as an error.

Synonyms

• (believable): believable, credible
• (that brings credit): commendable, respectable
• (that can be assigned): assignable

Antonyms

• (believable): unbelievable, incredible, increditable

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Anagrams

• directable

English

Etymology

From Old English creda, crede, credo, from Latin cr?d? (“I believe”), from Proto-Italic *krezd?, from Proto-Indo-European *?red d?eh?- (“to place one's heart, i.e., to trust, believe”), a compound phrase of the oblique case form of *??r (“heart”). Creed is cognate with Old Irish cretim (“to believe”), Sanskrit ?????????? (?ráddadh?ti, “to have faith or faithfulness, to have belief or confidence, believe”). Doublet of shraddha.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?i?d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?id/
• Rhymes: -i?d

Noun

creed (plural creeds)

1. That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.
2. (specifically, religion) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.
3. (rare) The fact of believing; belief, faith.

Hyponyms

• Apostles' Creed
• Athanasian Creed
• Nicene Creed

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Verb

creed (third-person singular simple present creeds, present participle creeding, simple past and past participle creeded)

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, only survives in "creeded") To believe; to credit.
2. (intransitive) To provide with a creed.

Translations

References

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

Further reading

• creed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• creed (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ceder, cered, rec'ed

Spanish

Verb

creed

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of creer.