different between reputation vs reputability

English

Etymology

14c. "credit, good reputation", Latin reputationem (“consideration, thinking over”), noun of action from past participle stem of reputo (“reflect upon, reckon, count over”), from the prefix re- (“again”) + puto (“reckon, consider”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???pj??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

reputation (countable and uncountable, plural reputations)

1. What somebody is known for.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "reputation": good, great, excellent, bad, stellar, tarnished, evil, damaged, dubious, spotless, terrible, ruined, horrible, lost, literary, corporate, global, personal, academic, scientific, posthumous, moral, artistic.

Synonyms

• name

Derived terms

• reputational

Related terms

• repute

Translations

Further reading

• reputation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• reputation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “repute” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• putoranite, tau protein

Middle French

Noun

reputation f (plural reputations)

1. reputation

English

Etymology

repute +? -ability

Noun

reputability (uncountable)

1. The property of being reputable, a person's reputation.

   His reputability was in question, if he couldn't prove he was reliable then no one would hire him again.