Believe vs. Trust — What's the Difference?

To accept as true or real.

To rely on the integrity, strength, or ability of something or someone.

To feel sure of the truth of something without definitive evidence.

To expect something to happen without doubt.

To have faith, especially in a religious context.

Firm belief in the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing; confidence or reliance

To have confidence in the truth or existence of something.

The condition and resulting obligation of having confidence placed in one

Accept that (something) is true, especially without proof

One in which confidence is placed.

Hold (something) as an opinion; think

Custody; care

To accept (something) as true or real

Something committed into the care of another; a charge

To consider (someone) to be truthful or accurate in what they are saying

Reliance on something in the future; hope

To expect or suppose; think

Reliance on the intention and ability of a purchaser to pay in the future; credit

To have religious faith

A legal relationship in which one party holds a title to property while another party has the entitlement to the beneficial use of that property.

To have faith, confidence, or trust

The confidence reposed in a trustee when giving the trustee legal title to property to administer for another, together with the trustee's obligation regarding that property and the beneficiary.

To consider something to be important, worthwhile, or valuable

The property so held.

(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).

An institution or organization directed by trustees

(transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.

A combination of firms or corporations for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices throughout a business or industry.

(intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.

To have or place confidence in; depend on

To opine, think, reckon.

To have confidence in allowing (someone) to use, know, or look after something

To exercise belief in; to credit upon the authority or testimony of another; to be persuaded of the truth of, upon evidence furnished by reasons, arguments, and deductions of the mind, or by circumstances other than personal knowledge; to regard or accept as true; to place confidence in; to think; to consider; as, to believe a person, a statement, or a doctrine.

To expect with assurance; assume

To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.

To give credence to; believe

To think; to suppose.

To place in the care of another person or in a situation deemed safe; entrust

Accept as true; take to be true;

To extend credit to.

Judge or regard; look upon; judge;

To have or place reliance; depend

Be confident about something;

To be confident; hope.

Follow a credo; have a faith; be a believer;

Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

Credit with veracity;

Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

To hold an opinion; think or consider.

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

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

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

(rare) Trustworthiness, reliability.

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

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

(legal) An arrangement whereby property or money is given to be held by a third party (a trustee), on the basis that it will be managed for the benefit of, or eventually transferred to, a stated beneficiary; for example, money to be given to a child when he or she reaches adulthood.

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.

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

(transitive) To place confidence in, to rely on, to confide in.

To have faith in; to rely on for continuing support or aid.

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

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

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

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

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

To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).

To risk; to venture confidently.

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

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

(obsolete) Secure, safe.

(obsolete) Faithful, dependable.

(legal) of or relating to a trust.

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; reliance.

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.

Assured anticipation; dependence upon something future or contingent, as if present or actual; hope; belief.

That which is committed or intrusted to one; something received in confidence; charge; deposit.

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

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

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.

An equitable right or interest in property distinct from the legal ownership thereof; a use (as it existed before the Statute of Uses); also, a property interest held by one person for the benefit of another. Trusts are active, or special, express, implied, constructive, etc. In a passive trust the trustee simply has title to the trust property, while its control and management are in the beneficiary.

A business organization or combination consisting of a number of firms or corporations operating, and often united, under an agreement creating a trust (in sense 1), esp. one formed mainly for the purpose of regulating the supply and price of commodities, etc.; often, opprobriously, a combination formed for the purpose of controlling or monopolizing a trade, industry, or business, by doing acts in restraint or trade; as, a sugar trust. A trust may take the form of a corporation or of a body of persons or corporations acting together by mutual arrangement, as under a contract or a so-called gentlemen's agreement. When it consists of corporations it may be effected by putting a majority of their stock either in the hands of a board of trustees (whence the name trust for the combination) or by transferring a majority to a holding company. The advantages of a trust are partly due to the economies made possible in carrying on a large business, as well as the doing away with competition. In the United States severe statutes against trusts have been passed by the Federal government and in many States, with elaborate statutory definitions.

Held in trust; as, trust property; trustmoney.

To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or repose faith, in; as, we can not trust those who have deceived us.

To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

To hope confidently; to believe; - usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object.

To show confidence in a person by intrusting (him) with something.

To commit, as to one's care; to intrust.

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.

To risk; to venture confidently.

To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.

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

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

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

Certainty based on past experience;

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

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

Complete confidence in a person or plan etc;

A trustful relationship;

Have confidence or faith in;

Allow without fear

Be confident about something;

Expect and wish;

Confer a trust upon;

Extend credit to

To have confidence in someone’s character and honesty.

To place confidence in; to depend on.

To allow someone to do something with the belief that they are reliable.

Yes, you might believe in someone’s ability yet not trust them to use it wisely.

Yes, beliefs can evolve with new information or experiences.

Belief is a starting point, but trust usually requires evidence or experience.

Trust is built through consistent actions, reliability, and integrity over time.

Belief can involve emotions, but it is primarily a conviction held to be true.

Trust is difficult to measure quantitatively but is often felt and observed qualitatively.

Trust can be a choice, but it's also often a feeling that develops over time.

Yes, it's possible to trust someone’s expertise without fully understanding it.

No, trust inherently includes an element of belief.

Trust often leads to action based on the confidence you place in someone or something.

No, they are related but distinct concepts with different implications.

Yes, but it often requires time, effort, and evidence of change.

Yes, actions do not always align with beliefs.

Science is based on evidence, which may influence both belief and trust.

Trust can be based on rational evidence, but it may also involve emotional factors.