Proof vs. Prove

Proof vs. Prove — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Proof and Prove

Proofnoun

(countable) An effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth; an act of testing; a test; a trial.

Proveverb

(transitive) To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for.

I will prove that my method is more effective than yours.

Proofnoun

(uncountable) The degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments which induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.

Proveverb

(intransitive) To turn out; to manifest.

It proved to be a cold day.

Proofnoun

The quality or state of having been proved or tried; firmness or hardness which resists impression, or does not yield to force; impenetrability of physical bodies.

Proveverb

(copulative) To turn out to be.

Have an exit strategy should your calculations prove incorrect.
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Proofnoun

(obsolete) Experience of something.

Proveverb

(transitive) To put to the test, to make trial of.

They took the experimental car to the proving-grounds.The exception proves the rule.

Proofnoun

Firmness of mind; stability not to be shaken.

Proveverb

(transitive) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of; to verify.

to prove a will

Proofnoun

A proof sheet; a trial impression, as from type, taken for correction or examination.

Proveverb

To experience

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Proofnoun

A sequence of statements consisting of axioms, assumptions, statements already demonstrated in another proof, and statements that logically follow from previous statements in the sequence, and which concludes with a statement that is the object of the proof.

Proveverb

To take a trial impression of; to take a proof of.

to prove a page

Proofnoun

A process for testing the accuracy of an operation performed. Compare prove, transitive verb, 5.

Provenoun

(baking) The process of dough proofing.

Proofnoun

(obsolete) Armour of excellent or tried quality, and deemed impenetrable; properly, armour of proof.

Proveverb

be shown or be found to be;

She proved to be rightThe medicine turned out to save her lifeShe turned up HIV positive

Proofnoun

(US) A measure of the alcohol content of liquor. Originally, in Britain, 100 proof was defined as 57.1% by volume (not used anymore). In the US, 100 proof means that the alcohol content is 50% of the total volume of the liquid, and thus, absolute alcohol would be 200 proof.

Proveverb

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment;

The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compoundThe mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture

Proofadjective

Used in proving or testing.

a proof load; a proof charge

Proveverb

provide evidence for;

The blood test showed that he was the fatherHer behavior testified to her incompetence

Proofadjective

Firm or successful in resisting.

proof against harmwaterproof; bombproof.

Proveverb

prove formally; demonstrate by a mathematical, formal proof

Proofadjective

(of alcoholic liquors) Being of a certain standard as to alcohol content.

Proveverb

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to;

This approach has been tried with good resultsTest this recipe

Proofverb

To proofread.

Proveverb

increase in volume;

the dough rose slowly in the warm room

Proofverb

(transitive) To make resistant, especially to water.

Proveverb

cause to puff up with a leaven;

unleavened bread

Proofverb

To allow yeast-containing dough to rise.

Proveverb

take a trial impression of

Proofverb

To test the activeness of yeast.

Proveverb

obtain probate of;

prove a will

Proofnoun

any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something;

if you have any proof for what you say, now is the time to produce it

Proofnoun

a formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it

Proofnoun

a measure of alcoholic strength expressed as an integer twice the percentage of alcohol present (by volume)

Proofnoun

(printing) an impression made to check for errors

Proofnoun

a trial photographic print from a negative

Proofnoun

the act of validating; finding or testing the truth of something

Proofverb

make or take a proof of, such as a photographic negative, an etching, or typeset

Proofverb

knead to reach proper lightness;

proof dough

Proofverb

read for errors;

I should proofread my manuscripts

Proofverb

activate by mixing with water and sometimes sugar or milk;

proof yeast

Proofverb

make resistant to water, sound, errors, etc.;

proof the materials against shrinking in the dryer

Proofadjective

(used in combination or as a suffix) able to withstand;

temptation-proofchildproof locks