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credibility vs legitimacy

legitimacy vs credibility

credibility and legitimacy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
credibility Yes No No No
legitimacy Yes No No No
As nouns, legitimacy is a hyponym of credibility; that is, legitimacy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than credibility:
  • credibility: the quality of being believable or trustworthy
  • legitimacy: undisputed credibility
Other hyponyms of credibility include authenticity, genuineness, cogency, rigor, rigour, validity, plausibility, plausibleness, cred, street cred, street credibility.
credibility (noun) legitimacy (noun)
the quality of being believable or trustworthy lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
undisputed credibility
Difference between credibility and legitimacy

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