Affirm vs Reject - What's the difference?
affirm | reject |
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
* Bible, Acts xxv. 19
To support or encourage.
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.
To refuse to accept.
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(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
As verbs the difference between affirm and reject
is that affirm is to agree, verify or concur; to answer positively while reject is to refuse to accept.As a noun reject is
something that is rejected.affirm
English
Verb
- She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
- Jesus, whom Paul affirmed to be alive
- They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.