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Certifiable vs Verifiable - What's the difference?

certifiable | verifiable |

As adjectives the difference between certifiable and verifiable

is that certifiable is (of a document) that can, or that must be certified while verifiable is verifiable (able to be verified or confirmed).

As a noun certifiable

is (informal) a crazy person.

certifiable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a document) That can, or that must be certified.
  • (informal, of a person) Mentally ill to such an extent that involuntary institutionalization is appropriate; crazy.

    • Synonyms

    * (mentally ill): insane, mad, nuts

    Derived terms

    * certifiably

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A crazy person.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 22, author=Bob Herbert, title=Voices of Anxiety, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Forget the certifiables who are scrawling Hitler mustaches on pictures of the president. }}

    Anagrams

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    verifiable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be verified or confirmed.
    • Do you have verifiable evidence to support that claim?
  • Able to be qualified by a Boolean expression.

    • Antonyms

    * falsifiable