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Avow vs Verify - What's the difference?

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Avow is a related term of verify.


In lang=en terms the difference between avow and verify

is that avow is to bind or devote by a vow while verify is to confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something.

In legal|lang=en terms the difference between avow and verify

is that avow is (legal) to acknowledge and justify, as an act done see avowry while verify is (legal) to affirm something formally, under oath.

As verbs the difference between avow and verify

is that avow is to declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly while verify is to substantiate or prove the truth of something.

As a noun avow

is (obsolete) avowal.

avow

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
  • * 1858 , Henry Stephens Randall, The Life of Thomas Jefferson (volume 1, page 461)
  • in 1786, and for some period later, there were few, if any, prominent Americans, who avowed themselves in favor of broadly democratic systems.
  • To bind or devote by a vow.
  • (Wyclif)
  • (legal) To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry.
  • (Blackstone)

    Antonyms

    * disavow

    Noun

  • (obsolete) avowal
  • (Dryden)

    verify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • 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
  • Derived terms

    * verification * verifiable * unverified