Authorize vs Verify - What's the difference?
authorize | verify |
To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
To substantiate or prove the truth of something
To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
(legal) To affirm something formally, under oath
In transitive terms the difference between authorize and verify
is that authorize is to permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something) while verify is to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.authorize
English
Alternative forms
* authorise (British) * authourise (rare) * authourize (rare)Verb
(authoriz)- The General Assembly authorized the Council to take up the matter.
- The judge authorized the wiretapping.