Reassert vs Confirm - What's the difference?
reassert | confirm |
assert again
* {{quote-news
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*2006 , Nikki R. Keddie, Yann Richard, Modern Iran: roots and results of revolution , Yale University Press, page
*:They were tied to a revived religious class that took advantage of the end of anticlerical despotism to reassert Islamic views and practices and to regain some of their former sociopolitical status.
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 reassert and confirm
is that reassert is assert again while confirm is to strengthen; to make firm or resolute.reassert
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Verb
(en verb)citation, page= , passage=Gareth Bale gave his side hope with a goal shortly afterwards but the real damage was done and Chelsea reasserted their authority to finish easy winners with further goals from Ramires, Frank Lampard and Florent Malouda.}}
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*confirm
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Alternative forms
* confirme (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.