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Verify vs Cherish - What's the difference?

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Verify is a related term of cherish.


As verbs the difference between verify and cherish

is that verify is to substantiate or prove the truth of something while cherish is to treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

verify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To substantiate or prove the truth of something
  • To confirm or test the truth or accuracy of something
  • (legal) To affirm something formally, under oath

    • Derived terms

    * verification * verifiable * unverified

    Related terms

    * verity * veracity

    External links

    * * English transitive verbs

    cherish

    English

    Verb

  • To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.
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  • To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.
  • (obsolete) To cheer, gladden.
  • * 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), (The Faerie Queene) , II.vi:
    • Her merry fit she freshly gan to reare, / And did of ioy and iollitie deuize, / Her selfe to cherish , and her guest to cheare [...].