accredit vs impute

accredit and impute both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
accredit	No	No	Yes	No
impute	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, impute is a hypernym of accredit; that is, impute is a word with a broader meaning than accredit:

Other hypernyms of accredit include ascribe, assign, attribute.

accredit (verb)	impute (verb)
ascribe an achievement to	attribute or credit to
grant credentials to	attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source
provide or send (envoys or ambassadors) with official credentials