Certify vs. Qualify
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
Qualifyverb
To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
Qualifyverb
To make someone, or to become competent or eligible for some position or task.
Qualifyverb
To certify or license someone for something.
Qualifyverb
To modify, limit, restrict or moderate something; especially to add conditions or requirements for an assertion to be true.
Qualifyverb
To mitigate, alleviate (something); to make less disagreeable.
Qualifyverb
To compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage.
Qualifyverb
To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
Qualifyverb
(juggling) To throw and catch each object at least twice.
Qualifynoun
(juggling) An instance of throwing and catching each prop at least twice.
Qualifyverb
To make such as is required; to give added or requisite qualities to; to fit, as for a place, office, occupation, or character; to furnish with the knowledge, skill, or other accomplishment necessary for a purpose; to make capable, as of an employment or privilege; to supply with legal power or capacity.
Qualifyverb
To give individual quality to; to modulate; to vary; to regulate.
Qualifyverb
To reduce from a general, undefined, or comprehensive form, to particular or restricted form; to modify; to limit; to restrict; to restrain; as, to qualify a statement, claim, or proposition.
Qualifyverb
Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors.
Qualifyverb
To soothe; to cure; - said of persons.
Qualifyverb
To be or become qualified; to be fit, as for an office or employment.
Qualifyverb
To obtain legal power or capacity by taking the oath, or complying with the forms required, on assuming an office.
Qualifyverb
prove capable or fit; meet requirements
Qualifyverb
pronounce fit or able;
Qualifyverb
make more specific;
Qualifyverb
make fit or prepared;
Qualifyverb
specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement;
Qualifyverb
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of;
Qualifyverb
add a modifier to a constituent
