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Correction vs Verification - What's the difference?

correction | verification |

As nouns the difference between correction and verification

is that correction is the act of correcting while verification is the act of verifying.

correction

English

Alternative forms

* correxion (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of correcting.
  • A substitution for an error or mistake.
  • Punishment that is intended to rehabilitate an offender.
  • An amount or quantity of something added or subtracted so as to correct.
  • A decline in a stock market price after a large rise.

    • Derived terms

    * correction centre, correction center * correction fluid * hypercorrection

    verification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of verifying.
  • The state of being verified.
  • Confirmation; authentication.
    • The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.
  • (legal) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
  • (mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

    • Derived terms

    * verification principle

    Related terms

    * verificationism * verify * verity * verism * veritable

    See also

    * (Formal verification)