Verify vs Known - What's the difference?
verify | known |
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
identified as a specific type; renowned, famous.
* He was a known pickpocket.
ed, accepted, familiar.
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In algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined.
Any fact or situation which is known or familiar.
* 2012 , Thomas Dougherty, Antibiotic Discovery and Development (volume 1, page 39)
As verbs the difference between verify and known
is that verify is to substantiate or prove the truth of something while known is .As an adjective known is
identified as a specific type; renowned, famous.As a noun known is
in algebra, a variable or constant whose value is already determined.verify
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Verb
(en-verb)Derived terms
* verification * verifiable * unverifiedExternal links
* * English transitive verbsknown
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Adjective
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Antonyms
* unknownVerb
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* (know)Noun
(en noun)- The biological dereplication tool may identify major knowns in a mixture, but it may miss novel minor components.