different between checkup vs verify

English

Alternative forms

• check-up

Etymology

From the verb phrase check up.

Noun

checkup (plural checkups)

1. A routine visit to the doctor, dentist, or the like.

   The appointment was just for a checkup.

2. A routine inspection.

   I took my car in for an annual checkup.

Derived terms

• checkup from the neck up

Translations

Portuguese

Noun

checkup m (plural checkups)

1. Alternative spelling of check-up

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

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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.