Apply vs. Confirm — What's the Difference?

In mathematics and computer science, apply is a function that applies a function to arguments. It is central to programming languages derived from lambda calculus, such as LISP and Scheme, and also in functional languages.

To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify

Make a formal application or request

To reaffirm the establishment of (a reservation or advance arrangement).

Be applicable or relevant

To make firmer; strengthen

Put or spread (a substance) on a surface

To make valid or binding by a formal or legal act; ratify.

Give one's full attention to a task; work hard

To administer the religious rite of confirmation to.

To bring into contact with something; put on

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

To put to or adapt for a special use

To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).

To put into action

To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

To engage (oneself) in a task with close attention or persistence

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

To be pertinent or relevant

To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

To request or seek assistance, employment, or admission

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

(transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

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.

(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

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

(transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative

Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

(transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention

Strengthen or make more firm;

(transitive) To address; to refer; generally used reflexively.

Make more firm;

(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).

As of a person to a position;

(intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.

Administer the rite of confirmation to;

(obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

(obsolete) To visit.

Alternative spelling of appley

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); - with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body.

To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case; to appropriate; to devote; as, to apply money to the payment of a debt.

To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative; as, to apply the testimony to the case; to apply an epithet to a person.

To fix closely; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline.

To direct or address.

To betake; to address; to refer; - used reflexively.

To busy; to keep at work; to ply.

To visit.

To suit; to agree; to have some connection, agreement, or analogy; as, this argument applies well to the case.

To make request; to have recourse with a view to gain something; to make application. (to); to solicit; as, to apply to a friend for information.

To ply; to move.

To apply or address one's self; to give application; to attend closely (to).

Put into service; make work or employ (something) for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose;

Be pertinent or relevant or applicable;

Ask (for something);

Apply to a surface;

Be applicable to; as to an analysis;

Give or convey physically;

Avail oneself to;

Ensure observance of laws and rules;

Refer (a word or name) to a person or thing;

Apply oneself to;