Set
Set verb - To cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop.
Verify
Verify verb - To give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of.
Common collocations
| type | set type | verify type |
| way | set way | verify way |
| story | set story | verify story |
| difficulty | set difficulty | verify difficulty |
Both words in one sentence
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The fact that it doesn't contain actual fish is a running gag, to the point that, when time travelling, he once set a video back to verify that time hadn't been changed and included that fact.
Source: Heroes Gone Fishing - Whenever you go out to eat, the server warns you the dish they set down is still hot... and someone in your party will invariably touch it to verify the fact.
Source: Don't Touch It, You Idiot!
Cite this Source
Verify and Set. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/set/verify
Set & Verify. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/set/verify>.
Verify or Set. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/set/verify.
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