Attestation vs. Confirmation — What's the Difference?

To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine

In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands.

To certify by signature or oath

The act of confirming.

To certify in an official capacity.

Something that confirms; verification.

To supply or be evidence of

A Christian rite admitting a baptized person to full membership in a church.

(Linguistics) To confirm the existence, usage, or currency of (a word, for example), as by being recorded in writing.

A ceremony in Judaism that marks the completion of a young person's religious training.

To put under oath.

An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

To bear witness; give testimony

A verification that something is true or has happened.

(Archaic) Attestation.

A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.

A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.

The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

A confirmation or authentication.

That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.

The process, performed by accountants or auditors, of providing independent opinion on published financial and other business information of a business, public agency, or other organization.

A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.

An appearance in print or otherwise recorded on a permanent medium.

A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voidable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

The act of attesting; testimony; witness; a solemn or official declaration, verbal or written, in support of a fact; evidence. The truth appears from the attestation of witnesses, or of the proper officer. The subscription of a name to a writing as a witness, is an attestation.

Additional proof that something that was believed (some fact or hypothesis or theory) is correct;

Noun.group:law,;c the action of bearing witness

Information that confirms or verifies

The evidence by which something is attested

Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;

A ceremony held in the synagogue (usually at Pentecost) to admit as adult members of the Jewish community young men and women who have successfully completed a course of study in Judaism

A sacrament admitting a baptized person to full participation in the church