Accountability vs. Reliability

Expected or required to account for one's actions; answerable.

Capable of being relied on; dependable

Capable of being explained

Yielding the same or compatible results in different clinical experiments or statistical trials.

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.

The quality of being reliable, dependable, or trustworthy.

An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.

(education) the ability to measure the same thing consistently (of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure is consistent); that is, repeated measurements would give the same result (See also validity).

Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.

(engineering) measurable time of work before failure

(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.

The state or quality of being reliable; reliableness.

The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account; the obligation to bear the consequences for failure to perform as expected; accountableness.

The trait of being dependable or reliable

Responsibility to someone or for some activity