shew vs confirm

shew and confirm both are verbs.

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

As verbs, confirm is a hypernym of shew; that is, confirm is a word with a broader meaning than shew:

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

Other hypernyms of shew include affirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain.

shew (verb)	confirm (verb)
establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment	make more firm
	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