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Confirm vs Clarification - What's the difference?

confirm | clarification |

As a verb confirm

is to strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

As a noun clarification is

the act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities]]; particularly, the clearing or [[fine|fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.

confirm

English

Alternative forms

* confirme (obsolete)

Verb

(en verb)
  • To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
  • (Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
  • * 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
  • Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.
  • To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
  • Antonyms

    * infirm * disconfirm * deny * dispute * contradict * question

    See also

    * verify * corroborate * establish * prove

    clarification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities]]; particularly, the clearing or [[fine, fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
  • The clarification of wine.
  • The act of freeing from obscurities.
  • Your ideas deserve clarification.

    Quotations

    * 1627 , , Sylva Sylvarum: Or a Natural History in Ten Centuries *: To know the means of accelerating clarification [in liquors] we must know the causes of clarification.

    References

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    See also

    * qualification ----