confirm implies the removing of doubts by an authoritative statement or indisputable fact.
confirmed the reports
corroborate suggests the strengthening of what is already partly established.
witnesses corroborated his story
substantiate implies the offering of evidence that sustains the contention.
the claims have yet to be substantiated
verify implies the establishing of correspondence of actual facts or details with those proposed or guessed at.
all statements of fact in the article have been verified
authenticate implies establishing genuineness by adducing legal or official documents or expert opinion.
handwriting experts authenticated the diaries
validate implies establishing validity by authoritative affirmation or by factual proof.
validated the hypothesis by experiments
Example Sentences
Studies that are wrong will be superseded by better studies with different results. Studies that are right will be corroborated by other good studies. Harriet Hall, Skeptic, 2007Evidence like this is rarely conclusive, but it can help police corroborate testimony … David Fisher, Hard Evidence, 1995… the great Dr. Woodruff … corroborated my doctor's belief that my two infections had been resolved … James Thurber7 Mar. 1946, in Selected Letters Of James Thurber, (1980) 1981 the witnesses corroborated the policeman's testimony my personal experience does not corroborate your faith in the essential goodness of people
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Word History
Etymology
Latin corroboratus, past participle of corroborare, from com- + robor-, robur strength