Confirm and Enable

Confirm

Confirm verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Usage example: the senate must confirm an appointment to an ambassadorship

Enable and confirm are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Enable" instead a verb "Confirm".

Enable

Enable verb - To give official or legal power to.
Usage example: a law that would enable the authorities to use wiretaps without obtaining court orders

Confirm and enable are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confirm" instead a verb "Enable".

Nearby Words: enabled, enabling

Common collocations

ability confirm ability enable ability
setting confirm setting enable setting
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