Verify vs Encourage - What's the difference?
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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
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
Verify is a related term of encourage.
As verbs the difference between verify and encourage
is that verify is to substantiate or prove the truth of something while encourage is .verify
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(en-verb)Derived terms
* verification * verifiable * unverifiedExternal links
* * English transitive verbsencourage
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(encourag)- I encouraged him during his race.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- ''The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed