different between veracity vs verify

English

Etymology

From Middle French véracité, from Old French veracitie, from Medieval Latin v?r?cit?s (“truthfulness”), from Latin v?r?x (“truthful, speaking truth”), from v?rus (“true, real”). See very.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v???æ.s?.ti/
• (US) IPA^(key): /v???æ.s?.ti/

Noun

veracity (countable and uncountable, plural veracities)

1. (uncountable, of a person) The quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
2. (countable) Something that is true; a truthful statement; a truth.
3. (uncountable) Agreement with the facts; accordance with the truth; accuracy or precision.
4. Act of being exact and accurate.
5. Correctness and carefulness in one's plan of action.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:veracity

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Further reading

• veracity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• veracity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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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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.