Assert and Confirm

Assert

Assert verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Usage example: vigorously asserted that what passes for art these days is absolute rubbish

Confirm is a synonym for assert in maintain topic. In some cases you can use "Confirm" instead a verb "Assert".

Confirm

Confirm verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
Usage example: several eyewitnesses who can confirm the defendant's account of what happened

Assert is a synonym for confirm in affirm topic. You can use "Assert" instead a verb "Confirm", if it concerns topics such as maintain.

Common collocations

loyalty assert loyalty confirm loyalty
claim assert claim confirm claim
status assert status confirm status
way assert way confirm way
Other words: identity, statement, feelings.
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