Credit and Discredit

Credit

Credit noun - Mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon.
Usage example: I give full credit to this report on the prevalence of cheating among college students today

Discredit is an antonym for credit in topics: recognition, reputation, believe, accredit, assets.

Discredit

Discredit verb - To think not to be true or real.
Usage example: I discredit the story that the old inn is haunted

Credit is an antonym for discredit in topics: disgrace, blame, doubt.

How words are described

massive massive credit massive discredit

Common collocations

power credit power discredit power
man credit man discredit man
someone credit someone discredit someone
film credit film discredit film
Other words: testimony, performers.
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