different between approval vs verification

English

Etymology

approve +? -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??p?u?v?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??p?uv?l/

Noun

approval (countable and uncountable, plural approvals)

1. An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.

2. An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.

3. (especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.

Synonyms

• (expression granting permission or indicating agreement): approbation, sanction; See also Thesaurus:approval
• (expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement): commendation; See also Thesaurus:praise

Related terms

• approve

Translations

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