different between affirmation vs verification

English

Etymology

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”). Doublet of affirmatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æf??me??n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

affirmation (countable and uncountable, plural affirmations)

1. That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
2. (law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
3. A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

Synonyms

• assertion

Derived terms

• self-affirmation

Translations

See also

• affirmation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Noun

affirmation c (singular definite affirmationen, plural indefinite affirmationer)

1. affirmation

Declension

Further reading

• “affirmation” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French afermacion, from Latin affirmare (“to assert”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fi?.ma.sj??/

Noun

affirmation f (plural affirmations)

1. affirmation

Further reading

• “affirmation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle French vérification, from Medieval Latin verificatio

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

verification (countable and uncountable, plural verifications)

1. The act of verifying.
2. The state of being verified.
3. Confirmation; authentication.

   The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.

4. (law) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
5. (mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

Derived terms

• verification principle

Related terms

Translations

See also

• Formal verification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia