Certificate vs. Confirmation — What's the Difference?

A document establishing the authenticity of certain details of an item, event, or transaction

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.

A document issued to a person completing a course of study not leading to a diploma.

The act of confirming.

A document certifying that a person may officially practice in certain professions.

Something that confirms; verification.

A document certifying ownership.

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

To furnish with, testify to, or authorize by a certificate.

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

A document containing a certified statement.

An official indicator that things will happen as planned.

A document evidencing ownership or debt.

A verification that something is true or has happened.

(education) A document serving as evidence that a person has completed an educational course, issued either by an institution not authorised to grant diplomas, or to a student not qualifying for a diploma.

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.

(computing theory) The information needed in order to verify a positive answer to a problem.

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

(computing) public key certificate

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

A motion picture age rating.

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.

To supply with a certificate, especially following certification.

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.

A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

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

A written declaration legally authenticated.

Information that confirms or verifies

To verify or vouch for by certificate.

Making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it;

To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher.

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 document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts

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

A formal declaration that documents a fact of relevance to finance and investment; the holder has a right to receive interest or dividends;

Present someone with a certificate

Authorize by certificate