 Hello in this discussion question. We will discuss the question of why does my definition of credit differ from the books? This is going to be a question that could be asked in an essay format in just defining Debits and credits a question in the terms of define debits and credits in class this is often a question that is asked because many people have different conceptions of what a credit is and therefore when they hear the book Definition often a little bit actually disappointed in terms of the length of the definition that is Involved an essay question what you not when you need to be careful of is not to expand on the definition of a credit Beyond what it actually is in terms of financial accounting So there's many reasons why many people have preconceived notions of what a debit and credit is and why we can get the definition of The debits and credits mixed up and we want to be careful of that when we go into the financial accounting just to have the finance