Credit
Credit noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.
Usage example: despite his legal woes, he has not yet lost all his credit with the administration in the White House
Influence is a synonym for credit in reputation topic. In some cases you can use "Influence" instead a noun "Credit", when it comes to topics like characteristic, prestige.
Influence
Influence noun - The power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly.
Usage example: a mayor who doesn't hesitate to use her influence to get business leaders behind civic improvements
Credit is a synonym for influence in characteristic topic. Sometimes you can use "Credit" instead a noun "Influence", if it concerns topics such as power.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good credit | good influence |
| considerable | considerable credit | considerable influence |
| single | single credit | single influence |
| actual | actual credit | actual influence |
| Other adjectives: real, massive, little, bad, main, major, possible, less. | ||
Common collocations
| power | credit power | influence power |
| man | credit man | influence man |
| someone | credit someone | influence someone |
| characters | credit characters | influence characters |
| Other words: actions. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- In American Dragon: Jake Long, while under the influence of a magical age-up, Jake buys a car using credit cards despite not having a paying job.
Source: Credit Card Plot -
Also has a tendency to steal the credit for anything that goes well, regardless of how much influence he had over it.
Source: The Neidermeyer -
Then after Emilia defeats Satan, the Church quietly gets rid of her (by faking a Heroic Sacrifice) so that they can take the credit and political influence.
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