What's the difference between confirm and deny?

Confirm


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.
  • (v. t.) To strengthen in judgment or purpose.
  • (v. t.) To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Clinical and roentgenographic criteria could not discriminate between patients with and without pneumonia, confirming the findings of previous investigations.
  • (2) The nuclear origin of the Ha antigen was confirmed by the speckled nuclear immunofluorescence staining pattern given by purified antibody to Ha obtained from a specific immune precipitate.
  • (3) Trifluoroacetylated rabbit serum albumin was 5 times more reactive with these antibodies and thus more antigenic than the homologous acetylated moiety confirming the importance of the trifluoromethyl moiety as an epitope in the immunogen in vivo.
  • (4) In vitro studies carried out in this Department confirmed the high activity of mecillinam against Salmonella spp.
  • (5) The results of our microscopic model confirm that the continuum hypothesis used in our previous macroscopic model is reasonable.
  • (6) Consensual but rationally weak criteria devised to extract inferences of causality from such results confirm the generic inadequacy of epidemiology in this area, and are unable to provide definitive scientific support to the perceived mandate for public health action.
  • (7) The results of the evaluation confirm that most problems seen by first level medical personnel in developing countries are simple, repetitive, and treatable at home or by a paramedical worker with a few safe, essential drugs, thus avoiding unnecessary visits to a doctor.
  • (8) This theory was confirmed by product analysis and by measuring the affinity of the substrate for the enzyme by its inhibition of p-nitrophenyl glucoside hydrolysis.
  • (9) In 1 of the 3, anterior capsular detachment was also demonstrated radiographically and confirmed surgically.
  • (10) These observations were confirmed by the killing curves in pooled serum obtained at peak and trough levels.
  • (11) The pancreatic changes are unlikely to be an artefact, but rather a direct toxic effect of the alcohol as confirmed by the biochemical changes.
  • (12) Thus, our study confirmed that male subjects with a history of testicular maldescent have an increased risk for testis cancer, although the magnitude of this risk was lower than suggested previously.
  • (13) The operative arteriograms confirmed vascular occlusive phenomenon.
  • (14) A specimen of a very early ovum, 4 to 6 days old, shown in the luminal form of imbedding before any hemorrhage has taken place, confirms that the luminal form of imbedding does occur.
  • (15) One of the main components was confirmed to be caffeic acid which had inhibitory effect on renal failure in mice by Ac1-P.
  • (16) Abbott also unveiled his new ministry, which confirmed only one woman would serve in the first Abbott cabinet.
  • (17) We have confirmed this directly by showing that pure CCK is a potent inhibitor of gastric emptying.
  • (18) According to some reports as many as 30 people were killed in the explosion, although that figure could not be independently confirmed.
  • (19) All masses had either histologic confirmation (n = 11) or confirmation with other imaging modalities (n = 4).
  • (20) An inverse relationship between the pumping capacity of the heart and vascular resistance was confirmed at different stages of examination and treatment of the patients.

Deny


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
  • (v. t.) To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
  • (v. t.) To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
  • (v. t.) To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
  • (v. i.) To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He still denied it and said he was giving the girl a lift.
  • (2) The highest rate of discontinuation occurred when method choice was denied in the presence of husband-wife agreement on method choice, and the lowest rate occurred when method choice was granted in the presence of such concurrence.
  • (3) It was with unanimous consent.” He denied that Trump’s tweets had played a part, saying: “No, no, no.
  • (4) The White House denied there had been an agreement, but said it was open in principle to such negotations.
  • (5) Keep it in the ground campaign Though they draw on completely different archives, leaked documents, and interviews with ex-employees, they reach the same damning conclusion: Exxon knew all that there was to know about climate change decades ago, and instead of alerting the rest of us denied the science and obstructed the politics of global warming.
  • (6) Greek officials categorically denied the report with many describing it as a "joke".
  • (7) In practice they are so elastic that they have been used to deny pasta to besieged Gazans.
  • (8) It felt like my very existence was being denied,” said Hahn Chae-yoon, executive director of Beyond the Rainbow Foundation.
  • (9) The government has blamed a clumsily worded press release for the furore, denying there would be random checks of the public.
  • (10) Crushing their dream of denying healthcare to millions of people will put them on that road to despair.
  • (11) Both of these bills include restrictions on moving terrorists into our country.” The White House quickly confirmed the president would have to sign the legislation but denied this meant that its upcoming plan for closing Guantánamo was, in the words of one reporter, “dead on arrival”.
  • (12) However ITV deny that any approach or offer, formal or informal, has been made.
  • (13) To organise society as an individualistic war of one against another was barbaric, while the other models, slavishly following the rules of one religion or one supreme leader, denied freedom.
  • (14) He denied that the probation service budget, which has been protected so far from 23% cuts, would be a particular target, but said it was not yet making the same level of savings as was being required of the police.
  • (15) Nepalese workers building stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar have been denied leave to attend funerals or visit relatives following the earthquakes in the Himalayan country that have killed more than 8,000 people, its government has revealed.
  • (16) Authorities in most cities – from Chita in Siberia to Makhachkala in Dagestan – denied permission for the rallies.
  • (17) Planned Parenthood denies the accusations, saying it donates fetal tissue to medical research companies at no cost.
  • (18) However, a spokesperson for the Department for Communities and Local Government denied any reports of a rift with the Treasury.
  • (19) There were numerous reports of looting and tampering with evidence, although rebel authorities angrily denied them.
  • (20) It could bring down the prime minister, though he denies it.