different between consent vs verification

English

Etymology

Recorded in Middle English since circa 1225, borrowed from Old French consentir, from Latin c?nsent?re, present active infinitive of c?nsenti? (“to feel together”), itself from com- (“with”) + senti? (“to feel”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Hyphenation: con?sent

Verb

consent (third-person singular simple present consents, present participle consenting, simple past and past participle consented) (intransitive)

1. To express willingness, to give permission.
2. (medicine) To cause to sign a consent form.
3. (obsolete) To grant; to allow; to assent to.
4. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

   • And Saul was consenting unto his death.

   • Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in judgment.

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• (intransitive): acquiesce, agree, approve, assent, concur, yes

Antonyms

• (intransitive): disagree, object, oppose

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Translations

Noun

consent (countable and uncountable, plural consents)

1. Voluntary agreement or permission.
2. (obsolete) Unity or agreement of opinion, sentiment, or inclination.

   • And they all with one consent began to make excuse.

3. (obsolete) Advice; counsel.

Synonyms

• (voluntary agreement): agreement, approval, assent, consensualness, permission, willingness, yes

Antonyms

• (voluntary agreement): dissent, disagreement, opposition, refusal

Derived terms

• consenter
• consentaneous
• age of consent

Translations

Further reading

• consent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• consent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• nocents

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.s??/

Verb

consent

1. third-person singular present indicative of consentir

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

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See also

• Formal verification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia