confirm vs shew

confirm and shew both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
confirm	No	No	Yes	No
shew	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, shew is a hyponym of confirm; that is, shew is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than confirm:

confirm: establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
shew: establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

Other hyponyms of confirm include back, back up, vouch, verify, demonstrate, establish, prove, show, document, validate.

confirm (verb)	shew (verb)
make more firm	establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
strengthen or make more firm
administer the rite of confirmation to
support a person for a position