Affirm vs. Assert — What's the Difference?

To declare positively; assert to be true

To state or express positively; affirm

To declare support for or belief in

To defend or maintain (one's rights, for example).

(Law) To rule (a court decision) to have been correct; confirm

To put into action boldly; employ or demonstrate

To assert that one will give true testimony equivalent to that which would be given while under oath.

To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.

To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively.

To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.

To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true.

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to

To support or encourage.

(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive.

To make firm; to confirm, or ratify; especially (legal) to assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

(programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.

(law) To state under a solemn promise to tell the truth which is considered legally equivalent to an oath, especially of those who have religious or other moral objections to swearing oaths; also solemnly affirm.

(electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

To assert or confirm, as a judgment, decree, or order, brought before an appellate court for review.

(computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.

To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true; - opposed to deny.

To affirm; to declare with assurance, or plainly and strongly; to state positively; to aver; to asseverate.

To declare, as a fact, solemnly, under judicial sanction. See Affirmation, 4.

To maintain; to defend.

To declare or assert positively.

To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to; as, to assert our rights and liberties.

To make a solemn declaration, before an authorized magistrate or tribunal, under the penalties of perjury; to testify by affirmation.

State categorically

Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true;

Insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized;

Say yes to

Assert to be true;