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cross-check vs ensure

ensure vs cross-check

cross-check and ensure both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cross-check No No Yes No
ensure No No Yes No
As verbs, ensure is a hypernym of cross-check; that is, ensure is a word with a broader meaning than cross-check:
  • cross-check: check out conflicting sources; crosscheck facts, for example
  • ensure: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
Other hypernyms of cross-check include ascertain, assure, check, control, insure, see, see to it.
cross-check (verb) ensure (verb)
check out conflicting sources; crosscheck facts, for example be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
make certain of
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