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Authenticate vs Authentication - What's the difference?

authenticate | authentication |

As a verb authenticate

is to render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.

As a noun authentication is

something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something.

authenticate

English

(Webster 1913)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
  • To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait.
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    authentication

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia authentication)
  • something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
  • (computing) proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
  • a hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork