different between login vs verify

English

Etymology

From the verb log in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l??.?n/

Noun

login (plural logins)

1. (computing) A combination of a user's identification and password used to enter a computer, program, network, etc.

   I've forgotten my login again.

2. (computing) The process of logging in.

   Your login failed because you weren't connected to the office network.

Synonyms

• logon

Related terms

• log in
• log on

Translations

See also

• credentials

Verb

login

1. Misspelling of log in.

Further reading

• “Login” is not a verb

Anagrams

• Ligon, Lingo, Loing, ligno-, lingo, long i

Old Norse

Participle

login

1. inflection of loginn:
   1. strong feminine nominative singular
   2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English login.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /l?.???/

Noun

login m (plural logins)

1. (computing) login (the act of logging into a system)
2. (computing) username (name that identifies an user of a computer system)

   Synonyms: usuário, nome de usuário, username

Spanish

Noun

login m (plural logins or login)

1. login

Swedish

Noun

login

1. definite singular of logi

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.