What's the difference between veracity and verity?

Veracity


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being veracious; habitual observance of truth; truthfulness; truth; as, a man of veracity.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Macfarlane said he did not leak the contents of last week’s cabinet meeting - but he appeared to vouch for the veracity of the reported divisions when he added: “There has certainly been some very accurate statements made in newspapers in relation to the discussions that were had in cabinet.” The foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, said the leak “absolutely did not come from me” and although it was not the first cabinet in Australian history to have had leaks “this was particularly disappointing because it went into such detail”.
  • (2) Opprobrium didn’t pour down on McIntyre out of respect for historical veracity.
  • (3) So much rests on the veracity of the tale constructed.
  • (4) Amateur video, the veracity of which could not be confirmed, showed a man and at least three children dead inside a room in Bayda, a neighbouring village overrun by regime forces on Thursday, showing a baby with burned legs and a body stained with blood.
  • (5) But as well as being ripped apart on social media Romney also found the veracity of his claim being called into question.
  • (6) Trump’s response: “Mr Trump denies each and every statement made by Ms Harth as these 24-year-old allegations lack any merit or veracity,” his campaign said in July .
  • (7) The report said the committee "remain concerned about the veracity of other parts of the oral evidence we heard".
  • (8) The right to see and hear the evidence of the other side, and subsequently to challenge the veracity or utility of that evidence, forms the basis of our entire civil justice system.
  • (9) [Such a claim] could be measured against his veracity in the witness box, which did him no favours.
  • (10) By now there can be little doubt of his veracity, or that his experiences weigh heavily on him.
  • (11) The veracity of the allegations, which relate to negotiations in the Timor-Leste capital Dili in 2004 and Canberra in 2005, is yet to be publicly proven.
  • (12) A secondary intention was to examine the veracity of alcoholics self-report on the QIAD and other alcohol-related instruments.
  • (13) Even her parents expressed doubts about their daughter's veracity after talking to Evanson.
  • (14) This prompted Virgin Media, which is able to offer super-fast broadband through its cable network, to call for the scope to be increased to look at the veracity of “up to” speed claims in ads .
  • (15) I have made an effort to consult with the proper Iranian authorities in an attempt to further verify the veracity of the claims made to me with no avail.
  • (16) As to the veracity of the tweet, it was spied by Deadspin editor Erik Malinoweski, who links to the Topsy page where the tweet is cached.
  • (17) This study suggests that disability applicants and routine clinical patients do not differ in veracity of self-stated smoking information, but many persons claiming to be ex-smokers are actually not.
  • (18) At Monday’s briefing, there were fractious exchanges between Spicer and the press over the veracity of Trump’s claims regarding unemployment numbers and health insurance statistics.
  • (19) Sondheim later issued a statement denying the veracity of the report and labelling the project a faithful, "first-rate" movie .
  • (20) It is an explosive condemnation of what the police have offered so far, and questions the veracity of the many police witnesses who have appeared at the commission, including top cop Riah Phiyega.

Verity


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being true, or real; consonance of a statement, proposition, or other thing, with fact; truth; reality.
  • (n.) That which is true; a true assertion or tenet; a truth; a reality.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Verity said: "I would imagine that it's not impossible that over time the Wolds will become as well known as the Dales and other parts of Yorkshire … because of the Hockney effect.
  • (2) Climate Politics and the Climate Movement in Australia by Verity Burgmann and Hans Baer Also from 2012, this book reports on a less well-known part of the movement.
  • (3) Separately, Verity James, a newsreader for ABC, told reporters she and a female producer were groped by Harris during a radio interview in 2000.
  • (4) 9.06am BST There are some eternal verities in politics and one of them is that British governments (especially Conservative-led ones) are always fighting a war on red tape.
  • (5) 2013 Verity Harding, a political adviser to Nick Clegg while he was deputy prime minister, takes a policy role at Google in London.
  • (6) Instead of a movie actress I once liked mildly for a season or two, I now only see an abstraction of the financial verities of modern movie superstardom.
  • (7) Martin Donnelly, permanent secretary of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), did not just wake up one morning and, on a whim, write a lengthy and carefully argued defence of the old Whitehall verities.
  • (8) Photograph: BBC Who knows, younger folk in particular might like hearing what’s really new and vital – especially if offered by dynamic and informed presenters such as Verity Sharp and Ian McMillan who don’t fall back on weary cliches or received opinions to communicate.
  • (9) Not to be outdone, Gary Verity, chief executive of Welcome to Yorkshire, managed a "bonsoir" and a few "merci beaucoups" and even went for a Gallic kiss on Prudhomme's cheek at the end of the presentation.
  • (10) The bedroom tones of Verity Sharp and Fiona Talkington have enticed a cult audience to the late-night Radio 3 show, which jumps from Indian classical to American post-rock to British early music with an audacious rapidity that regularly outrages musical purists.
  • (11) Coalition’s climate policy 'best and most efficient' in the world, says Greg Hunt Read more This mirror reflecting back your own past verities could become a bit of a theme in your prime ministership, with all that you’ve said and all the things that now constrain you.
  • (12) It’s just part of the culture of the verity of certain things, to hold on to.
  • (13) On occasion, confirmation by the analyst of the verity of an experience in the patient's early life facilitates the analytic process.
  • (14) If so, he had done a masterful end-run around all the old verities of our own western economic development theory, systems and experience.
  • (15) Traditionalists in the Thatcher period clung to the old verities of national identity while struggling with the new, varied face of modern Britain.
  • (16) This belief has not been subjected to testing in clinical trials or laboratory experiments, and thus becomes a matter of belief rather than of scientific verity.
  • (17) Verity Lambert [the television producer] had no children of her own and was perhaps not conscious of the problems [facing working mothers], but she just wanted to have women in the workplace and make it possible for them."
  • (18) Dr Aaminah Verity A doctor of four years, Aaminah is now specialising in tropical medicine and international health in London.
  • (19) When they say “forget business versus society”, they mean “stop yammering on about human beings and get back to economic verities”.
  • (20) He's saying, 'Get back to the good old verities, you can't go out because you can't go out because you can't go out.'