What's the difference between credence and faith?

Credence


Definition:

  • (n.) Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.
  • (n.) That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.
  • (n.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.
  • (n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.
  • (v. t.) To give credence to; to believe.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) No true evangelical ought to be tempted to give such tales any credence whatsoever, no matter how popular they become,” Johnson wrote.
  • (2) Moreover, the close similarity between this neurotoxic syndrome in experimental animals and the clinical picture witnessed in Canadian victims of mussel poisoning lends further credence to the assumption that this poisoning incident was caused by an interaction between the domoate molecule and kainate receptors in the human central nervous system.
  • (3) These results, which took into account several potential confounders including cigarette smoking and asbestos exposure, lend credence to the hypothesis that silica exposure increases the risk of lung cancer, and suggest the possibility of an effect on stomach cancer.
  • (4) In a bid to give credence to his drug war, his team exaggerates and invents data.
  • (5) These data give some credence to a direct role of immune aggregates in rheumatoid arthritis articular collagenous tissues in disease pathogenesis.
  • (6) This suggests that SHA to 0.02 Hz should be given more credence, since it appears to be critical for diagnosing more extensive lesions.
  • (7) Data are presented that lend credence to the speculation that Br may have a hitherto unexpected function in reproduction.
  • (8) The findings of our flow cytometry study may indeed lend credence to the view that all hyperparathyroidism represents a four-gland hyperfunction although this does not support as a consequence routine subtotal parathyroidectomy but should stimulate further inquiry into the pathogenesis of primary hyperparathyroidism.
  • (9) Using environmental concentration data presently available from Poland (especially for air), the paper will estimate human exposures, will point out research and monitoring needs, and hopefully, will lend credence to the concept that environmental policies and risk reduction strategies will be most effective if the Total Human Exposure Concept is used as the guiding scientific principle in risk assessment and management programs.
  • (10) Our study adds credence to the hypothesis that pesticides and EMF are leukaemogenic agents, together with benzene.
  • (11) Perhaps our geriatric globetrotters give credence to the age-old saying (of unknown origin) "Running water never freezes."
  • (12) These pathologic changes lend credence to the hypothesis that the precorneal tear film may be a source of immunoglobulin that becomes deposited within the stroma.
  • (13) The same profile in the normal surface epithelium lends credence to the belief that these tumors are derived from this epithelium.
  • (14) The claims had credence, because even before the billions from Sky TV and the Premier League's commercial revolution, bungs were indeed proved to have been paid.
  • (15) The fact that the more controversial sensory integrative procedures elicited comparable gains when compared with the more widely recognized operant method lends credence to the viability of sensory integrative methods.
  • (16) It is a generation since Whitehall in general, and the business department in particular, gave any credence to the possibility of successful public enterprise.
  • (17) These observations lend credence to the theory that one mechanism by which testosterone may regulate GnRH secretion is by increasing the synthesis of POMC in the arcuate nucleus.
  • (18) The demonstration of an EGF-induced increase in kinase activity of an internalized vesicle fraction lends credence to the hypothesis that EGF-induced endocytosis of the receptor is of physiological significance in the response of cells to this ligand.
  • (19) These observations indicate that the time constant for the increase in ME content induced by ECS resembles the time constant for the appearance of the clinical benefits by ECT and may give credence to the possibility that the ME increase may participate in the antidepressive action of ECS.
  • (20) The presence of team owner Jeffrey Lurie at Smith's workout for the team has lent credence to such claims.

Faith


Definition:

  • (n.) Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony.
  • (n.) The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth.
  • (n.) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith.
  • (n.) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith.
  • (n.) That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Mohammedan faith; and especially, the system of truth taught by Christ; as, the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church.
  • (n.) Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty.
  • (n.) Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith.
  • (n.) Credibility or truth.
  • (interj.) By my faith; in truth; verily.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) These data indicate that RNA faithfully transfers "suppressive" as well as "positive" types of immune responses that have been reported previously for lymphocytes obtained directly from tumour-bearing and tumour-immune animals.
  • (2) They had learned through hard experience what Frederick Douglass once taught -- that freedom is not given, it must be won, through struggle and discipline, persistence and faith.
  • (3) Broad-based secular comprehensives that draw in families across the class, faith and ethnic spectrum, entirely free of private control, could hold a new appeal.
  • (4) This was faithfully reflected in the pattern of pulsatile LH discharges.
  • (5) The concept of a head of state as a "defender" of any sort of faith is uncomfortable in an age when religion is again acquiring a habit of militancy.
  • (6) Several former hostages, now safely in Europe, say he had spent the past year true to the creed of his new faith.
  • (7) The Rt Rev Stephen Lowe, the Bishop of Hulme, who speaks for the Anglican church on urban life and faith, is less sanguine.
  • (8) In such circumstances faith in the project inevitably ebbs among the faithful.
  • (9) Told him we'll waive VAT on #BandAid30 so every penny goes to fight Ebola November 15, 2014 Thousands of onlookers turned out to watch the arrival of artists including One Direction, Paloma Faith, Disclosure, Jessie Ware, Ellie Goulding and Clean Bandit at Sarm studios in Notting Hill, west London .
  • (10) He called for care for the environment to be added to the seven spiritual works of mercy outlined in the Gospel that the faithful are asked to perform throughout the pope’s year of mercy in 2016.
  • (11) Theresa May’s efforts as home secretary to launch the inquiry in 2014 revealed a rush to judgment and a faith that the great and the good – our own or somebody else’s – could get hold of this and control it.
  • (12) "He is a person of faith and he has shown his greatness in a very short time," said Diego Moreno, who had travelled with two friends from Mendoza in Argentina.
  • (13) | Mary Dejevsky Read more Third, if that breakthrough can be delivered with good faith on all sides, that could potentially be the basis to revive the Kerry-Lavrov ceasefire , open humanitarian channels into Aleppo, and start the process of negotiating a lasting peace.
  • (14) A letter from the Islamic Society of Britain and the Association of Muslim Lawyers pointed out that this group has no standing among faithful Muslims and it is certainly not a state.
  • (15) Then there are the divisions of ethnicity, faith and caste, the ancient social hierarchy prevalent in much of south Asia.
  • (16) Ultimately, like in virtually any other industry, having faith in a product or a system comes from past experiences and referrals from people you trust about what to expect.
  • (17) She was also a pacifist and lived her Catholic faith, no matter how difficult that made her life.
  • (18) Faith said: “The Tories are going to have to think very carefully about how they implement £12bn cuts.
  • (19) It’s no good me swearing on a Bible; I don’t share your faith.” Morrison said: “I will do it, Ray, but I think it’s a very offensive thing for you to ask me to do but I’ll do it if that’s what you require...if you insist I will.” Hadley did not persist with the demand.
  • (20) Cerebellar and adrenal microsomes were used in a ligand-displacement mass assay (conducted under near-physiological conditions, at pH 7.0) on extracts of cerebral-cortex slices stimulated with agonists, and both preparations faithfully detected the increases in Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 that occurred, implying that Ins(1,3,4,5)P4 is the principal ligand on these binding sites in intact cells.