Confirm vs. Sure

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;

Sureadjective

Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

Sureadjective

Certain in one's knowledge or belief.

Sureadjective

Certain to act or be a specified way.

Sureadjective

(obsolete) Free from danger; safe; secure.

Sureadjective

(obsolete) Betrothed; engaged to marry.

Sureadverb

(modal adverb) Without doubt, certainly.

Sureinterjection

Yes. (Expresses noncommittal agreement or consent.)

Sureinterjection

Yes; of course.

Sureadjective

Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.

Sureadjective

Certain to find or retain; as, to be sure of game; to be sure of success; to be sure of life or health.

Sureadjective

Fit or worthy to be depended on; certain not to fail or disappoint expectation; unfailing; strong; permanent; enduring.

Sureadjective

Betrothed; engaged to marry.

Sureadjective

Free from danger; safe; secure.

Sureadverb

In a sure manner; safely; certainly.

Sureadjective

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured;

Sureadjective

exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance;

Sureadjective

certain to occur; destined or inevitable;

Sureadjective

physically secure or dependable;

Sureadjective

capable of being depended on;

Sureadjective

(of persons) worthy of trust or confidence;

Sureadjective

infallible or unfailing;

Sureadjective

certain not to fail;

Sureadjective

impossible to doubt or dispute;

Sureadverb

definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely');