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credit vs credit hour

credit hour vs credit

credit and credit hour both are nouns.

credit is a verb but credit hour is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
credit Yes No Yes No
credit hour Yes No No No
As nouns, credit hour is a hyponym of credit; that is, credit hour is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than credit:
  • credit: recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
  • credit hour: a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
Other hyponyms of credit include semester hour.
credit (noun) credit hour (noun)
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours a unit of academic credit; one hour a week for an academic semester
used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise
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
credit (verb) credit hour (verb)
have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of
give someone credit for something
ascribe an achievement to
enter as credit
Difference between credit and credit hour

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