Confirm and Profess

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

Profess and confirm are semantically related in affirm topic. In some cases you can use "Profess" instead a verb "Confirm".

Profess

Profess verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Usage example: he professed his innocence to anyone who would listen

Confirm and profess are semantically related in state topic. Sometimes you can use "Confirm" instead a verb "Profess", if it concerns topics such as declare, affirm.

Common collocations

loyalty confirm loyalty profess loyalty
view confirm view profess view
existence confirm existence profess existence
beliefs confirm beliefs profess beliefs
Other words: feelings.
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