attainment vs credit

credit vs attainment

attainment and credit both are nouns.

attainment is not a verb while credit is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attainment	Yes	No	No	No
credit	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, credit is a hyponym of attainment; that is, credit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than attainment:

attainment: the act of achieving an aim
credit: recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours

Other hyponyms of attainment include record, success, course credit, accession, rise to power.

attainment (noun)	credit (noun)
the act of achieving an aim	recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
arrival at a new stage	used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
an ability that has been acquired by training	an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
	approval
	an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
	a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage
	arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
	an accounting entry acknowledging income or capital items
	money available for a client to borrow

attainment (verb)	credit (verb)
	have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
	give someone credit for something
	ascribe an achievement to
	enter as credit

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