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Confirmed vs Established - What's the difference?

confirmed | established |

As verbs the difference between confirmed and established

is that confirmed is (confirm) while established is (establish).

As adjectives the difference between confirmed and established

is that confirmed is having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual while established is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.

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

    established

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (establish)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
    • Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
  • (Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.

    • Derived terms

    * established church * long-established

    Synonyms

    * (abbreviation)