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Verify vs Clarify - What's the difference?

verify | clarify |

As verbs the difference between verify and clarify

is that verify is to substantiate or prove the truth of something while clarify is to make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup.

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

    clarify

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or syrup.
  • * (rfdate) Ure:
  • Boiled and clarified .
  • To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.
  • * (rfdate) South:
  • To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will.
  • (ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
  • * Leave the wine for 24 hours and it will clarify .
  • (ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
  • (obsolete) To glorify.