Reassure vs Affirm - What's the difference?
reassure | affirm |
To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.
To reinsure.
To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
* Bible, Acts xxv. 19
To support or encourage.
To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appelate court for review.
As verbs the difference between reassure and affirm
is that reassure is to assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror while affirm is to agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.reassure
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* English words prefixed with re-affirm
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- She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
- Jesus, whom Paul affirmed to be alive
- They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.
