different between confirmation vs verify

English

Etymology

From Old French confirmacion, from Latin c?nfirm?ti?, noun of process from c?nfirm?tus (“confirmed”), perfect passive participle of c?nfirm?re, from con- (“with”) + firm?re (“to firm or strengthen”)Morphologically confirm +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f???me?.??n/, [?k???.f??me?.?n?]
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.f??me?.??n/, [?k???.f??me?.?n?]
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation US: con?fir?ma?tion, UK: con?firm?a?tion

Noun

confirmation (countable and uncountable, plural confirmations)

1. An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

   We will send you a written confirmation of your hotel booking.

2. A verification that something is true or has happened.

   The announcement in the newspaper was a confirmation of my suspicions.

3. A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

Related terms

• confirm
• confirmational
• confirmation bias

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French confirmacion, from Latin c?nfirm?ti?

Pronunciation

Noun

confirmation f (plural confirmations)

1. confirmation (all senses)

Interlingua

Noun

confirmation (plural confirmationes)

1. confirmation, verification

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.