belief: suggests mental acceptance but may or may not imply certitude in the believer: my ~ that I had caught all the errors.
faith: always suggests certitude even where there is no evidence or proof: an unshakable ~ in God. (certitude坚信implies a faith strong enough to resist all attack强烈的信念,如believed in his innocence with a fair degree of certitude坚信他是无辜的) 信念强调没有证据证明的情况下的坚信,否则不叫信念而是坚信,可用于对宗教对政治理想或对某个人
credence: suggests intellectual assent without implying anything about the validity of the grounds for assent: a theory given little ~ by scientists.
credit: implies assent on grounds other than direct proof: give no ~ to idle rumors. credit card信用卡,其中的credit是表示信誉