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Verify vs Crosscheck - What's the difference?

verify | crosscheck |

As verbs the difference between verify and crosscheck

is that verify is to substantiate or prove the truth of something while crosscheck is to hit another player with the shaft of a lacrosse stick.

As a noun crosscheck is

a penalty.

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

    crosscheck

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (ice hockey) A penalty.
  • (lacrosse) A penalty where a player hits another player with the shaft of their lacrosse stick with their hands spread apart.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (lacrosse) To hit another player with the shaft of a lacrosse stick.
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 16, Dave Caldwell, Goalie Takes a Long Trip to Reach the N.H.L., New York Times citation
  • , passage=He picked up a roughing penalty for crosschecking Montreal’s Andrei Kostitsyn to the ice Tuesday after Kostitsyn hit Boston defenseman Aaron Ward from behind. }}
  • To re-examine; to double-check.