Belief vs Confirmation - What's the difference?
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Mental acceptance of a claim as likely true.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-12-06, author=(George Monbiot)
, volume=189, issue=26, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
(countable) Something believed.
(uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
(uncountable) Religious faith.
(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
An official indicator that things will happen as planned
Verification that something has happened
A sacrament of sealing and strengthening in many Christian Churches, often including a ceremony of anointing
* {{quote-song
, year = 1977
, title = (Only the Good Die Young)
, composer = (Billy Joel)
, album =
, passage = You got a nice white dress / and a party on your confirmation . / You've got a brand new soul, / mm, and a cross of gold.
}}
As nouns the difference between belief and confirmation
is that belief is mental acceptance of a claim as likely true while confirmation is an official indicator that things will happen as planned.belief
English
Noun
(en noun)Why I'm eating my words on veganism – again, passage=The belief that there is no conflict between [livestock] farming and arable production also seems to be unfounded: by preventing the growth of trees and other deep vegetation in the hills and by compacting the soil, grazing animals cause a cycle of flash floods and drought, sporadically drowning good land downstream and reducing the supply of irrigation water.}}