different between guild vs creed

English

Alternative forms

• gild

Etymology

From Middle English gilde, from Old Norse gildi (“payment, guild”). Related to geld, yield, yauld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld
• Homophones: gild, gilled

Noun

guild (plural guilds)

1. A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans for mutual aid, particularly in the Middle Ages.
2. A corporation.
3. (ecology) A group of diverse species that share common characteristics or habits.
4. (video games) An organized group of players who regularly play together in a multiplayer game.

Synonyms

• (medieval professional associations): Hanse (merchants)
• (modern professional associations): trade union, union, professional association

Translations

See also

• (meeting place): guild hall, guildhall, guildsman, guildswoman, common house, common hall

References

• The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, 2000, Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009
• Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, HarperCollins Publishers, 2003

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

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.