Stipulate vs Affirm - What's the difference?
stipulate | affirm |
To require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement.
To specify, promise or guarantee something in an agreement.
To acknowledge the truth of; not to challenge.
(botany) Having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.
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 stipulate and affirm
is that stipulate is to require (something) as a condition of a contract or agreement while affirm is to agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.As an adjective stipulate
is having stipules; that is, having outgrowths borne on either side of the base of the leafstalk.stipulate
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
(stipulat)Derived terms
* stipulated * stipulation * stipulativeEtymology 2
Adjective
(-)Antonyms
* exstipulateaffirm
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Verb
- 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.