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Verify vs Circumstantiate - What's the difference?

verify | circumstantiate |

As verbs the difference between verify and circumstantiate

is that verify is to substantiate or prove the truth of something while circumstantiate is to describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence.

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

    circumstantiate

    English

    Verb

    (circumstantiat)
  • To describe, verify or prove by setting out circumstantial evidence
    • Neither will time permit to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. — State Trials (1661).
  • To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts.
    • If the act were otherwise circumstantiated , it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. — Bramhall.