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Confirm vs Varify - What's the difference?

confirm | varify |

As verbs the difference between confirm and varify

is that confirm is to strengthen; to make firm or resolute while varify is to make different; to vary or variegate.

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

    varify

    English

    Verb

  • To make different; to vary or variegate.
    • (Webster 1913)