Reliable vs. Trust

Reliable vs. Trust — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Reliable and Trust

Reliableadjective

Suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy

Trustnoun

Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.

Reliableadjective

Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't

Trustnoun

Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

Reliablenoun

Something or someone reliable or dependable

the old reliables

Trustnoun

Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.

I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust.
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Reliableadjective

worthy of reliance or trust;

a reliable source of informationa dependable worker

Trustnoun

That which is committed or entrusted; something received in confidence; a charge.

Reliableadjective

conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief;

an authentic account by an eyewitnessreliable information

Trustnoun

That upon which confidence is reposed; ground of reliance; hope.

Reliableadjective

worthy of being depended on;

a dependable workeran honest working stiffa reliable source of informationhe was true to his wordI would be true for there are those who trust me

Trustnoun

(rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.

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Trustnoun

The condition or obligation of one to whom anything is confided; responsible charge or office.

Trustnoun

(legal) The confidence vested in a person who has legal ownership of a property to manage for the benefit of another.

I put the house into my sister's trust.

Trustnoun

(legal) 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.

Trustnoun

A group of businessmen or traders organised for mutual benefit to produce and distribute specific commodities or services, and managed by a central body of trustees.

Trustnoun

(computing) Affirmation of the access rights of a user of a computer system.

Trustverb

(transitive) To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.

We cannot trust anyone who deceives us.In God We Trust - written on denominations of US currency

Trustverb

(transitive) To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

Trustverb

(transitive) To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)

I trust you have cleaned your room?

Trustverb

(transitive) to show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.

Trustverb

(transitive) To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.

Trustverb

(transitive) To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.

Merchants and manufacturers trust their customers annually with goods.

Trustverb

To risk; to venture confidently.

Trustverb

(intransitive) To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

Trustverb

(intransitive) To be confident, as of something future; to hope.

Trustverb

To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.

Trustadjective

(obsolete) Secure, safe.

Trustadjective

(obsolete) Faithful, dependable.

Trustadjective

(legal) of or relating to a trust.

Trustnoun

something (as property) held by one party (the trustee) for the benefit of another (the beneficiary);

he is the beneficiary of a generous trust set up by his father

Trustnoun

certainty based on past experience;

he wrote the paper with considerable reliance on the work of other scientistshe put more trust in his own two legs than in the gun

Trustnoun

the trait of trusting; of believing in the honesty and reliability of others;

the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity

Trustnoun

a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service;

they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly

Trustnoun

complete confidence in a person or plan etc;

he cherished the faith of a good womanthe doctor-patient relationship is based on trust

Trustnoun

a trustful relationship;

he took me into his confidencehe betrayed their trust

Trustverb

have confidence or faith in;

We can trust in GodRely on your friendsbank on your good educationI swear by my grandmother's recipes

Trustverb

allow without fear

Trustverb

be confident about something;

I believe that he will come back from the war

Trustverb

expect and wish;

I trust you will behave better from now onI hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise

Trustverb

confer a trust upon;

The messenger was entrusted with the general's secretI commit my soul to God

Trustverb

extend credit to