credibility vs credence
Definitions
noun
- the quality of being believable or trustworthy
Examples
He has been using every opportunity to boost his credibility as a budget cutter.
A company should not argue the inarguable, for it only harms credibility and makes motives and priorities suspect.
The so-called audience learns about the proposer herself, measures her credibility, considers her ideas, and deepens her understanding of the current exigency as the rhetor sees it.
Definitions
noun
- the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
- a kind of sideboard or buffet
Examples
Meanwhile, they're also accepting that the slump in singles sales isn't down to illegal downloading alone; they give some credence to the ‘rival entertainment’ argument.
So, offering up a suggestion of biological causation of differences is never value-free a cigar is _never_ just a cigar and gives the supposed difference _way_ more credence than it ever deserves.
It also lends credence to the notion that the availability of gambling opportunities is correlated positively with the incidence of problem and pathological gambling behaviors.
