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Assert vs Audit - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between assert and audit

is that assert is (computer science) an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true while audit is an audience; a hearing.

As verbs the difference between assert and audit

is that assert is to declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively while audit is to examine and adjust (eg an account).

assert

English

(Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (computer science) an assert statement; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author=Colin Allen , title=Do I See What You See? , volume=100, issue=2, page=168 , magazine=(American Scientist) citation , passage=Numerous experimental tests and other observations have been offered in favor of animal mind reading, and although many scientists are skeptical, others assert that humans are not the only species capable of representing what others do and don’t perceive and know.}}
    he would often assert his beliefs to us
  • To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
    • to assert one's authority
    Salman Rushdie has asserted his right ... to be identified as the author of this work
  • To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.
    • The quasi-judicial pre-grant process of asserting patent rights and appeals procedures during patent examination; 'to assert' patent rights means to defend or maintain patent rights.
  • (computer science) To make true; to make equal to 1. (rfex)

    • Synonyms

    * affirm * asseverate * aver

    Related terms

    * assertion * assertive

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    audit

    English

    (wikipedia audit)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An audience; a hearing.
  • * Milton
    • He appeals to a high audit .
  • An examination in general.
  • A judicial examination.
  • An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures
    • National Assembly audit
  • The result of such an examination, or an account as adjusted by auditors; final account.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Yet I can make my audit up.
  • (Scientology) Spiritual counseling, which forms the core of Dianetics.
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  • (obsolete) A general receptacle or receiver.
  • * Jeremy Taylor
    • It [a little brook] paid to its common audit no more than the revenues of a little cloud.

    Derived terms

    * audit ale * audit house * audit room

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To examine and adjust (e.g. an account).
    • to audit the accounts of a treasure, or of parties who have a suit depending in court
  • (finance, business) To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes
  • (Scientology) To counsel spiritually.
  • * 2011 , Diane Saks, Overcoming Celebrity Obsession (page 225)
    • In John's case, I suspect, when he lost Diana he went back to his Scientology church to be audited .
  • To attend an academic class on a not-for-academic-credit basis.