different between compliance vs corroboration

English

Etymology

comply +? -ance

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?pla??ns/
• Rhymes: -a??ns

Noun

compliance (countable and uncountable, plural compliances)

1. An act of complying.
2. (uncountable) The state of being compliant.
3. (uncountable) The tendency of conforming with or agreeing to the wishes of others.
4. (mechanics) A measure of the extension or displacement of a loaded structure; its flexibility
5. (medicine) The accuracy with which a patient follows an agreed treatment plan
6. (uncountable, business) The department of a business that ensures all government regulations are complied with.

Synonyms

• compliancy

Antonyms

• (act of complying): violation

Related terms

• compliant

Translations

See also

• conformance

Portuguese

Noun

compliance m (uncountable)

1. (business) compliance (the department of a business that ensures government regulations are complied with)

English

Etymology

From Middle English corroboracioun, borrowed from Late Latin corr?bor?ti? (“strengthening”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

corroboration (countable and uncountable, plural corroborations)

1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation
   • 1857, Herman Melville, The Confidence-Man, Chapter 23:

     Fallacious enough doctrine when wielded against one's prejudices, but in corroboration of cherished suspicions not without likelihood.

   • September 16 2016, Jonah Goldberg writing in the Baltimore Sun, Hillary's health is a valid issue:

     Social media lighted up with corroborations that lower Manhattan was the meteorological equivalent of the jungles of Borneo.

2. That which corroborates.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

Noun

corroboration f (plural corroborations)

1. corroboration, verification, confirmation