Confirm vs. Reassure — What's the Difference?

To support or establish the certainty or validity of; verify

To restore confidence to

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

To assure again

To make firmer; strengthen

To reinsure.

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

(transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.

To administer the religious rite of confirmation to.

(transitive) To reinsure.

To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.

To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or terror.

To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).

To reinsure.

To assure the accuracy of previous statements.

Cause to feel sure; give reassurance to;

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

Give or restore confidence in; cause to feel sure or certain;

To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

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

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.

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

Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;

Strengthen or make more firm;

Make more firm;

As of a person to a position;

Administer the rite of confirmation to;