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Confirmed vs Ascertained - What's the difference?

confirmed | ascertained |

As verbs the difference between confirmed and ascertained

is that confirmed is (confirm) while ascertained is (ascertain).

As an adjective confirmed

is having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual.

confirmed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (confirm)

    • Adjective

    (head)
  • having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual
    • a confirmed liar
  • verified or ratified
    • a confirmed treaty
  • (Christianity) having received the rite of confirmation
    • a confirmed Catholic

    Synonyms

    * (verified) sicker

    Antonyms

    * unconfirmed

    ascertained

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (ascertain)

    • Anagrams

    *

    ascertain

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained ?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
    As soon as we ascertain what the situation is, we can plan how to proceed.

    Synonyms

    * determine * discover * establish * find out * learn * work out

    Anagrams

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