different between authorization vs verify

English

Alternative forms

• authorisation

Etymology

authorize +? -ation

Noun

authorization (countable and uncountable, plural authorizations)

1. (uncountable) Permission.

   I've got authorization. Call the office and you'll see.

2. (countable) An act of authorizing.
3. (countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.

   Can I see your authorization?

4. (government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.

   We've had the authorization for years, but we've never gotten an appropriation.

Holonyms

• (permission): access control
• (an act of authorizing): access control
• (government): budgeting

Related terms

• author
• authority
• unauthorized

Translations

References

• authorization at OneLook Dictionary Search
• authorization in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

From Old French verifier (French: vérifier), from Medieval Latin v?rific?re, present active infinitive of v?rific? (“make true”), from Latin v?rus (“true”) + faci? (“do, make”); see -fy.

Verb

verify (third-person singular simple present verifies, present participle verifying, simple past and past participle verified)

1. (transitive) To substantiate or prove the truth of something
2. (transitive) To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
   • 1984, InfoWorld (volume 6, number 14, page 67)

     In comparison, it takes about a minute to save, rewind and manually verify a similar file on a cassette.

3. (transitive, law) To affirm something formally, under oath

Derived terms

• verification
• verifiable
• self-verified
• unverified

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• verify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• verify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.