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Certificate vs Verification - What's the difference?

certificate | verification |

As nouns the difference between certificate and verification

is that certificate is a document containing a certified statement while verification is verification.

As a verb certificate

is to supply with a certificate, especially following certification.

certificate

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A document containing a certified statement.
  • A document evidencing ownership or debt.
  • (computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.

    • Verb

    (certificat)
  • To supply with a certificate, especially following certification

    • Related terms

    * certify * certified ----

    verification

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of verifying.
  • The state of being verified.
  • Confirmation; authentication.
    • The detective needs verification of your whereabouts last night.
  • (legal) A formal phrase used in concluding a plea, to denote confirmation by evidence.
  • (mathematics) The operation of testing the equation of a problem, to see whether it truly expresses the conditions of the problem.

    • Derived terms

    * verification principle

    Related terms

    * verificationism * verify * verity * verism * veritable

    See also

    * (Formal verification)