different between gullible vs credent
gullible
English
Etymology
Either gull +? -ible, or from dialectal Middle English gull (“newly hatched bird”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr, from the hue of its down.
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???l?bl?/
Adjective
gullible (comparative more gullible, superlative most gullible)
- Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled.
- Andrew is so gullible, the way he still believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman at the age of fourteen.
Synonyms
- fleeceable, green, naif, naive
- See also Thesaurus:gullible
Derived terms
- gullibility
- gullibly
Translations
Noun
gullible (plural gullibles)
- A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked.
- 1991, Guy Endore, Babouk: Voices of Resistance (page 70)
- They pictured to these gullibles the unearthly delights that were to be enjoyed as servants of the Spaniards. But such tricks could not last, for Cuba was too close to Saint Domingue, and news of the real conditions leaked across the windward passage and were bruited about.
- 1991, Guy Endore, Babouk: Voices of Resistance (page 70)
References
Anagrams
- bluegill
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credent
English
Adjective
credent (comparative more credent, superlative most credent)
- (obsolete) Gullible.
Related terms
- credence
Anagrams
- centred, red cent
Latin
Verb
cr?dent
- third-person plural future active indicative of cr?d?
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /?kr?d?nt/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?kre?d?nt/, /?kr?d?nt/
Verb
credent (literary)
- third-person plural imperfect/conditional/imperative of credu
Mutation
credent From the web:
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