trust in something—have faith or confidence in smth.:
- We felt that we could trust in his wide experience.
trust to something—act in dependence on smth.; rely on smth.:
- I don’t know if it will work, but I’ll just trust to luck.
Note: Neither expression is equivalent in meaning to the phrase trust something—
1. believe smth. a person says:
- Marigold is a wretched gossip, and worse. I would not trust her story.
2. believe that smth. is safe or reliable:
- He wanted to get up and walk out to the kitchen, but he didn’t trust his legs.