Certify vs. Confirm

Certifyverb

(transitive) To attest to (a fact) as the truth

Certifyverb

(transitive) To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard.

Certifyverb

To inform; to tell (a person) that something is true.

Certifyverb

To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

Certifyverb

To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify.

Certifyverb

To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.

Certifyverb

provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes;

Certifyverb

guarantee payment on; of checks

Certifyverb

authorize officially;

Certifyverb

guarantee as meeting a certain standard;

Certifyverb

declare legally insane

Confirmverb

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

Confirmverb

To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).

Confirmverb

To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

Confirmverb

To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

Confirmverb

To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

Confirmverb

To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

Confirmverb

To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.

Confirmverb

To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.

Confirmverb

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

Confirmverb

strengthen or make more firm;

Confirmverb

make more firm;

Confirmverb

as of a person to a position;

Confirmverb

administer the rite of confirmation to;