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Validate vs Ratify - What's the difference?

validate | ratify |

As verbs the difference between validate and ratify

is that validate is to render valid while ratify is to give formal consent to; make officially valid.

validate

English

Verb

(validat)
  • To render valid.
  • To check or prove the validity of; verify.

    • Antonyms

    * disprove * invalidate

    Related terms

    * valid * validation * validator

    ratify

    English

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To give formal consent to; make officially valid.

    • Synonyms

    * (give formal consent to): approve

    Related terms

    * ratification * ratifier