Know and Verify

Know

Know verb - To have a practical understanding of.

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Verify and know are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Verify" instead a verb "Know".

Nearby Words: knowing, known

Verify verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.

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Know and verify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Know" instead a verb "Verify".

truth	know truth	verify truth
number	know number	verify number
way	know way	verify way
identity	know identity	verify identity
Other words: story, words, information, details, gender, names, backstory, identities.

But you know he's there somewhere, and you heard the rumor this guy is a nudist, but you can't verify it.

Source: Lets Play / Bob Lennon
In "Day of the Dollmaker" Kara invokes the trope when she warns Toyman that he will answer her questions lest she believes he is actually a robot and tears him apart to verify it.Supergirl: And how do we know you're even the real Winslow Schott?

Source: Comicbook / Supergirl
In countries where this is not the case (Russia, for example), they still either already know or will soon be able to verify your words, using the rumor telegraph and illegally smuggling notes and letters from facility to facility.

Source: What Are You in For?

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