Confirm vs Reject - What's the difference?
confirm | reject |
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
(Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
* 1971 , , Religion and the Decline of Magic , Folio Society 2012, p. 35:
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
To refuse to accept.
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(basketball) To block a shot, especially if it sends the ball off the court.
As verbs the difference between confirm and reject
is that confirm is to strengthen; to make firm or resolute while reject is to refuse to accept.As a noun reject is
something that is rejected.confirm
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Alternative forms
* confirme (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII, was baptized and confirmed at the age of three days.