Acknowledge and Credit

Acknowledge

Acknowledge verb - To accept the truth or existence of (something) usually reluctantly.

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Credit and acknowledge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Credit" instead a verb "Acknowledge".

Credit verb - To explain (something) as being the result of something else.

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Acknowledge and credit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Acknowledge" instead a verb "Credit".

power	acknowledge power	credit power
author	acknowledge author	credit author
someone	acknowledge someone	credit someone
show	acknowledge show	credit show
Other words: possibility, use, actions, success, film, existence.

To his credit, Churchill was eventually persuaded that he had to acknowledge this reality - even though the maintenance and expansion of The British Empire was very dear to him.

Source: Useful Notes / Winston Churchill
Though to her credit, Juna does later acknowledge her way of thinking was wrong and wishes to apologize to Zanik.

Source: Blessed With Suck / Video Games
Similarly, in "Valediction", while Thompson and the SSR honestly acknowledge Peggy's good work Thompson still takes all the credit when a politician shows up to congratulate the person responsible for stopping the attack.

Source: Series / Agent Carter

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