Validation vs. Affirmation — What's the Difference?

To establish the soundness, accuracy, or legitimacy of

The action or process of affirming something

To declare or make legally valid

Emotional support or encouragement

To mark with an indication of official sanction

The act of affirming or the state of being affirmed; assertion.

The act of validating something.

Something declared to be true; a positive statement or judgment.

Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification.

A statement intended to provide encouragement, emotional support, or motivation, especially when used for the purpose of autosuggestion.

The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions.

(Law) The assertion that the testimony one gives is true and equivalent to that which would be given while under oath.

(US) The process of identifying a new prisoner's gang affiliation.

That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.

The act of giving validity.

(legal) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.

The act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.

The cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; - opposed to negation or denial.

That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.

A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.

A statement asserting the existence or the truth of something

The act of affirming or asserting or stating something

(religion) a solemn declaration that serves the same purpose as an oath (if an oath is objectionable to the person on religious or ethical grounds)

A judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand