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credit vs estimate

estimate vs credit

credit and estimate both are nouns.

credit and estimate both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
credit Yes No Yes No
estimate Yes No Yes No
As nouns, estimate is a hypernym of credit; that is, estimate is a word with a broader meaning than credit:
  • credit: an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments
  • estimate: an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
Other hypernyms of credit include approximation, estimation, idea.
credit (noun) estimate (noun)
recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody
used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth
an estimate, based on previous dealings, of a person's or an organization's ability to fulfill their financial commitments the respect with which a person is held
approval a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation)
an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work a statement indicating the likely cost of some job
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) estimate (verb)
have trust in; trust in the truth or veracity of judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
give someone credit for something judge to be probable
ascribe an achievement to
enter as credit
Difference between credit and estimate

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