Fulfill vs Confirm - What's the difference?
fulfill | confirm |
(archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.
To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.).
To emotionally or artistically satisfy; to develop one's gifts to the fullest.
To obey, follow, comply with (a rule, requirement etc.).
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:
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
As verbs the difference between fulfill and confirm
is that fulfill is (archaic) to fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up while confirm is to strengthen; to make firm or resolute.fulfill
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* (UK)Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* fulfilled * fulfilling * fulfillable * fulfillmentconfirm
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* confirme (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.