credit
/ˈkɹɛdət/
nounverb
Core
1.n.approval
“give her recognition for trying”
2.n.money available for a client to borrow
3.n.an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
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credit and recognition share a recorded sense, so the question is not what they mean but which one fits. credit means “approval”. recognition means “the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged”. credit is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈkɹɛdət/
1.n.approval
“give her recognition for trying”
2.n.money available for a client to borrow
3.n.an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
/ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/
1.n.the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
“the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work”
2.n.the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
“a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces”
3.n.approval
“give her recognition for trying”
| credit | recognition | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈkɹɛdət/ | /ˌɹɛkəɡˈnɪʃən/ |
| Said | KRED-uht | rek-uhg-NISH-uhn |
| Syllables | 2 | 4 |
| Letters | 6 | 11 |
| Parts of speech | noun, verb | noun |
| Senses | 13 | 8 |
| How common | Core | Common |
| Synonyms | recognition | acknowledgment, acknowledgement |
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