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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Word choice in Certification or Certificate
cer?tif?i?ca?tion
1 [uncountable and countable] an official document that says that someone is allowed to do a certain job, that something is of good quality etc:
We successfully completed the certification for open water diving.
2 [uncountable]the process of giving someone or something an official document that says they are allowed to do a certain job, that something is of good quality etc
certification of
certification of competence
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/certification
cer?tif?i?cate [countable]
1 an official document that states that a fact or facts are true
birth/death/marriage certificate (=giving details of someone's birth, death, or marriage)
2 an official paper stating that you have completed a course of study or passed an examination:
a degree certificate
These are definitions of certification and certificate each and when certification is used as a meaning of an official document that says that someone is allowed to do a certain job, that something is of good quality etc, I think that the word can be used the same as certificate.
So the two words are interchange for the same meaning in some context? Or is there a meaning difference between them? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual.
1 [uncountable and countable] an official document that says that someone is allowed to do a certain job, that something is of good quality etc:
We successfully completed the certification for open water diving.
2 [uncountable]the process of giving someone or something an official document that says they are allowed to do a certain job, that something is of good quality etc
certification of
certification of competence
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/certification
cer?tif?i?cate [countable]
1 an official document that states that a fact or facts are true
birth/death/marriage certificate (=giving details of someone's birth, death, or marriage)
2 an official paper stating that you have completed a course of study or passed an examination:
a degree certificate
These are definitions of certification and certificate each and when certification is used as a meaning of an official document that says that someone is allowed to do a certain job, that something is of good quality etc, I think that the word can be used the same as certificate.
So the two words are interchange for the same meaning in some context? Or is there a meaning difference between them? What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual.
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Hans51 So the two words are interchange for the same meaning in some context? According to your dictionary entries, yes. I use certificate for the document and certification for the process.
- Hans51 So the two words are interchange for the same meaning in some context?
- According to your dictionary entries, yes.
- I use certificate for the document and certification for the process.
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Hans51So the two words are interchange for the same meaning in some context?According to your dictionary entries, yes. I use certificate for the document and certification for the process.
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I, a speaker of BrE, use the words in the same way as MrM, a speaker of AmE.
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