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Authentic vs. Veracious — What's the Difference?

Authentic vs. Veracious — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Authentic and Veracious

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Authentic

Of undisputed origin and not a copy; genuine
The letter is now accepted as an authentic document

Veracious

Speaking or representing the truth
A veracious account

Authentic

(of a church mode) containing notes between the final (the principal note) and the note an octave higher.

Veracious

Honest; truthful
"She was not absolutely veracious.
But this defect was of no great consequence, for she had never had anything to conceal" (Henry James).

Authentic

Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief
An authentic account by an eyewitness.
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Veracious

Accurate; true
A veracious account of what happened.

Authentic

Being so in fact; not fraudulent or counterfeit
An authentic medieval sword.

Veracious

True.
The politician's statement was eventually proven to be veracious.

Authentic

(Law) Executed in a manner so as to produce legal effectiveness
An authentic deed.

Veracious

Truthful; speaking the truth.

Authentic

Of, relating to, or being a medieval mode having a range from its final tone to the octave above it.

Veracious

Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful; as, veracious historian.
The Spirit is most perfectly and absolutely veracious.

Authentic

Of, relating to, or being a cadence with the dominant chord immediately preceding the tonic chord.

Veracious

Characterized by truth; true; not false; as, a veracious account or narrative.
The young, ardent soul that enters on this world with heroic purpose, with veracious insight, will find it a mad one.

Authentic

(Obsolete) Authoritative.

Veracious

Habitually speaking the truth;
An honest man
A veracious witness

Authentic

Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.

Veracious

Precisely accurate;
A veracious account

Authentic

Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
The report was completely authentic.
An authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information

Authentic

Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.

Authentic

(obsolete) Authoritative.

Authentic

Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; genuine; not of doubtful origin; real; as, an authentic paper or register.
To be avengedOn him who had stole Jove's authentic fire.

Authentic

Authoritative.

Authentic

Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.

Authentic

Vested with all due formalities, and legally attested.

Authentic

Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic.
A genuine book is that which was written by the person whose name it bears, as the author of it. An authentic book is that which relates matters of fact as they really happened. A book may be genuine without being, authentic, and a book may be authentic without being genuine.

Authentic

An original (book or document).

Authentic

Conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief;
An authentic account by an eyewitness
Reliable information

Authentic

Not counterfeit or copied;
An authentic signature
A bona fide manuscript
An unquestionable antique
Photographs taken in a veritable bull ring

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