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Assent vs Verification - What's the difference?

assent | verification | Synonyms |

Assent is a synonym of verification.


As nouns the difference between assent and verification

is that assent is agreement, act of agreeing while verification is verification.

As a verb assent

is to agree to, give approval.

assent

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To agree to, give approval.
  • * Macaulay
    • The princess assented to all that was suggested.
  • To admit a thing as true.
  • * Bible, Acts xxiv. 9
    • And the Jews also assented , saying that these things were so.

    Synonyms

    * accede *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • agreement, act of agreeing
    • I will give this act my assent .

    Related terms

    * assentor

    Synonyms

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    Anagrams

    * ----

    verification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of verifying.
  • The state of being verified.
  • Confirmation; authentication.
    • The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.
  • (legal) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
  • (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

    Related terms

    * verificationism * verify * verity * verism * veritable

    See also

    * (Formal verification)