creditor vs credit

creditor and credit both are nouns.

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

creditor (noun)	credit (noun)
a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists	recognition by a college or university that a course of studies has been successfully completed; typically measured in semester hours
	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

creditor (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