Concur vs Affirm - What's the difference?
concur | affirm |
To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond.
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.
(obsolete) To run together; to meet.
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
* Bible, Acts xxv. 19
To support or encourage.
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.
As verbs the difference between concur and affirm
is that concur is to unite or agree (in action or opinion); to have a common opinion; to coincide; to correspond while affirm is to agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.concur
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(concurr)Synonyms
* acquiesce * agreeAntonyms
* disagree * dissentReferences
* *affirm
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- She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
- Jesus, whom Paul affirmed to be alive
- They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.