As nouns the difference between accolades and credentials
is that accolades is plural of accolade while credentials is plural of lang=en: Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.
As a verb accolades
is third-person singular of accolade.
accolades
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credentials
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: Documentary evidence of someone's right to credit or authority, especially such a document given to an ambassador by a country.