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Confirm vs Inspect - What's the difference?

confirm | inspect |

As verbs the difference between confirm and inspect

is that confirm is to strengthen; to make firm or resolute while inspect is to examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.

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

    Related terms

    * confirmability * confirmation

    See also

    * verify * corroborate * establish * prove

    External links

    * * * English reporting verbs

    inspect

    English

    Alternative forms

    * enspect

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
  • To view and examine officially.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}

    Derived terms

    * inspector * inspection

    Anagrams

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