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Bongbong Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Agonizing and affirm

Hello,

Please help me understand these two words:

Agonizing (verb): to suffer great amount of pain

It was agonizing to see the pedestrain getting hit by a bus.

Can agonizing be used interchangably with excruciating or tormented?

Affirm (verb) to confirm plainly.

I don't even know how to begin coming up with an example for this word. This is because I don't know what it means by "confirming plainly." Also, I am confused between affirm and confirm and think that it can be subsituted for one another.

In which situation would "affirm" be more suitable to be used than "confirm"?

THANK YOU!
  

Top answer

It was agonizing to see the pedestrain hit by a bus. Can agonizing be used interchangably with excruciating or tormenting ? -- Sometimes.

— Mister Micawber

  • It was agonizing to see the pedestrain hit by a bus.
  • Can agonizing be used interchangably with excruciating or tormenting ?
  • -- Sometimes.
  • Basically, affirm is the first time; confirm is the second time: The President affirmed that he was pro-choice, and his wife confirmed his statement.
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It was agonizing to see the pedestrain hit by a bus.

Can agonizing be used interchangably with excruciating or tormenting?-- Sometimes.

Basically, affirm is the first time; confirm is the second time:

The President affirmed that he was pro-choice, and his wife confirmed his statement.
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