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Recognition vs Affirm - What's the difference?

recognition | affirm |

As a noun recognition

is the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized.

As a verb affirm is

to agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

recognition

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • the act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized
  • He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
  • Warwick observed, as they passed through the respectable quarter, that few people who met the girl greeted her, and that some others whom she passed at gates or doorways gave her no sign of recognition ; from which he inferred that she was possibly a visitor in the town and not well acquainted.
  • an awareness that something observed has been observed before
  • acceptance as valid or true
  • The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
  • *
  • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
  • official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country
  • honour, favourable note, or attention
  • The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.

    Derived terms

    * character recognition * OCR / optical character recognition * speech recognition * voice recognition

    See also

    * ("recognition" on Wikipedia) * identification *

    affirm

    English

    Verb

  • To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.
  • She affirmed that she would go when I asked her.
  • To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.
  • * Bible, Acts xxv. 19
  • Jesus, whom Paul affirmed to be alive
  • To support or encourage.
  • They did everything they could to affirm the children's self-confidence.
  • 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.
  • Antonyms

    * deny

    See also

    * affirmative action * confirm