Certainty vs Confirmation - What's the difference?
certainty | confirmation |
The state of being certain.
* Fisher Ames
An instance of being certain.
A fact or truth unquestionably established.
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* 1824 , (Walter Savage Landor), Imaginary Conversations Volume 1
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
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, title = (Only the Good Die Young)
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As nouns the difference between certainty and confirmation
is that certainty is the state of being certain while confirmation is an official indicator that things will happen as planned.certainty
English
Noun
- The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.
Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
- Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties .
- Certainties are uninteresting and sating.