What's the difference between distrust and trust?

Distrust


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.
  • (n.) Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.
  • (n.) Suspicion of evil designs.
  • (n.) State of being suspected; loss of trust.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Don't we by chance come across this reciprocal spiral perspective when two people distrust one another without actually showing it?
  • (2) As Aesop reminds us at the end of the fable: “Nobody believes a liar, even when he’s telling the truth.” When leaders choose only the facts that suit them, people don’t stop believing in facts – they stop believing in leaders This distrust is both mutual and longstanding, prompting two clear trends in British electoral politics.
  • (3) (The leadership may distrust him, but surely couldn't, in such circumstances, keep him out of cabinet.)
  • (4) The public, throughout the years of the coalition government, has been empowered to distrust teachers.
  • (5) We should distrust those who sell the snake oil of simple solutions,” he said today.
  • (6) So little wonder that the spectacle of five safety incidents in a week – however minor – could trigger rumblings of distrust from a nervous public.
  • (7) Rioters revealed that a complex mix of grievances brought them on to the streets but analysts appointed by the LSE identified distrust and antipathy toward police as a key driving force.
  • (8) Particular attention is given to the effect that an environment of intensified anger, hostility, distrust, and despair has on the coping mechanisms of terminally ill, incarcerated patients.
  • (9) That spirit of co-operation represents a drastic change from the calamitous Copenhagen climate summit in 2009, when diplomatic snubs and general distrust between the two countries wrecked any prospect for a deal.
  • (10) Hassan said a ceasefire could theoretically benefit the rebels if it were implemented in good faith, but that many distrust the government’s motives.
  • (11) It’s fuelled by distrust of the fact that major labels own at least 18% of the company through equity stakes granted when it was negotiating its first licences in 2007 and 2008.
  • (12) There are numerous studies now on how there are no connections between autism and immunization.” “The main place that [mercury] still exists is in the flu vaccines and people have the option to get the flu vaccine without mercury in it.” Carrey has expressed his distrust of vaccinations in the past.
  • (13) Above all it needs to happen soon, before the contagion, and the poisonous distrust it engenders, spread further.
  • (14) In Yokohama, distrust of medical care appeared to be higher among those interviewees who did not have a family doctor than those who had.
  • (15) Appalling events illustrating the distrust between law enforcement and the communities they serve, particularly communities of color, continue to manifest day after day in neighborhoods across America,” said Kanya Bennett, of the American Civil Liberties Union.
  • (16) The spiral of distrust may continue without a semblance of the following remedies.
  • (17) So when you give them that, of course they’re going to fund you and give you resources and connect you to the right people.” That there are imams on the taskforce is also a concern to imam Hassan Jaamici Mohamud, who believes it conflates church and state, and could cause distrust among the congregations.
  • (18) The legal drama adds to political uncertainty at a time when the government can ill afford to be distracted from a dizzying array of crises, including widespread unrest over electricity shortages and Pakistan's deeply distrustful relationship with the US.
  • (19) This goes to the foundational relationship between law enforcement agencies and the communities that they’re sworn to serve and to protect.” In remarks at the meeting Obama said the “simmering distrust” between police and minority communities was not unique to St Louis but relevant to communities across the country.
  • (20) Intended to foster a sense of belonging and being part of a collective endeavour, it instead turned Beijing into a place of introverted islands, separated by competition and mutual distrust.

Trust


Definition:

  • (n.) Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance.
  • (n.) Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust.
  • (n.) Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.
  • (n.) That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.
  • (n.) The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.
  • (n.) That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.
  • (n.) An estate devised or granted in confidence that the devisee or grantee shall convey it, or dispose of the profits, at the will, or for the benefit, of another; an estate held for the use of another; a confidence respecting property reposed in one person, who is termed the trustee, for the benefit of another, who is called the cestui que trust.
  • (n.) An organization formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; as, a sugar trust.
  • (a.) Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.
  • (n.) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.
  • (n.) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
  • (n.) To hope confidently; to believe; -- usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.
  • (n.) to show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.
  • (n.) To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.
  • (n.) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment; as, merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.
  • (n.) To risk; to venture confidently.
  • (v. i.) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
  • (v. i.) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.
  • (v. i.) To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A spokesman for the Greens said that the party was “disappointed” with the decision and would be making representations to both the BBC and BBC Trust .
  • (2) A key way of regaining public trust will be reforming the system of remuneration as agreed by the G20.
  • (3) To a supporter at the last election like me – someone who spoke alongside Nick Clegg at the curtain-raiser event for the party conference during the height of Labour's onslaught on civil liberties, and was assured privately by two leaders that the party was onside about civil liberties – this breach of trust and denial of principle is astonishing.
  • (4) In Tirana, Francis lauded the mutual respect and trust between Muslims, Catholics and Orthodox Christians in Albania as a "precious gift" and a powerful symbol in today's world.
  • (5) Dilemmas of trust, confidentiality, and professional competence highlight the limits of professional ethical codes.
  • (6) "The value the public place on the BBC is actually rising," said Lyons, citing research carried out by the BBC Trust earlier this year.
  • (7) Figures from 228 organisations, of which 154 are acute hospital trusts, show that 2,077 inpatient procedures have been cancelled due to the two-day strike alongside 3,187 day case operations and procedures.
  • (8) That's why the Trussell Trust has been calling for an in depth inquiry into the causes of food poverty.
  • (9) Terry Waite Chair, Benedict Birnberg Deputy chair, Antonio Ferrara CEO The Prisons Video Trust • If I want to build a bridge, I call in a firm of civil engineers who specialise in bridge-building.
  • (10) That has driven whole river systems to a complete population crash,” said Darren Tansley, a wildlife officer with Essex Wildlife Trust.
  • (11) In confidence rape, the assailant is known to some degree, however slight, and gains control over his victim by winning her trust.
  • (12) The deteriorating situation would worsen if ministers pressed ahead with another controversial Lansley policy – that of abolishing the cap on the amount of income semi-independent foundation trust hospitals can make by treating private patients.
  • (13) In addition we also suggested that he was in charge of the company's privacy policy and that he now trusts open source software where he can examine the underlying code himself.
  • (14) "It will mean root-and-branch change for our banks if we are to deliver real change for Britain, if we are to rebuild our economy so it works for working people, and if we are to restore trust in a sector of our economy worth billions of pounds and hundreds of thousands of jobs to our country."
  • (15) The Dacre review panel, which included Sir Joseph Pilling, a retired senior civil servant, and the historian Prof Sir David Cannadine, said Britain now had one of the "less liberal" regimes in Europe for access to confidential government papers and that reform was needed to restore some trust between politicians and people.
  • (16) We trust that others will be stimulated to investigate further applications of this instrumental approach to problems in cell biology.
  • (17) The trust was a compromise hammered out in the wake of the Hutton report, when the corporation hoped to maintain the status quo by preserving the old BBC governors.
  • (18) "I agree [with the policy] if you live in a climate of trust," said Mourinho.
  • (19) The party she led still touts itself as the bunch you can trust with the nation's money.
  • (20) Its findings will be presented to the BBC Trust as well as to both Houses of Parliament.