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Verification vs Testing - What's the difference?

verification | testing |

As nouns the difference between verification and testing

is that verification is verification while testing is the act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.

As a verb testing is

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As an adjective testing is

difficult, tough.

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)

    testing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • difficult, tough
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=June 4 , author=Phil McNulty , title=England 2 - 2 Switzerland , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=England have now gone four games without a win at Wembley, their longest sequence without a victory in 30 years, and still have much work to do to reach Euro 2012 as they prepare for a testing trip to face Bulgaria in Sofia in September.}}

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of conducting a test; trialing, proving.
  • * 2011 , Emerson B. Powery, Immersion Bible Studies: Luke
    • The wilderness testings of Jesus prepare him for ministry in which such temptations and shortcuts will recur.

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