cross-checks
Confirms from another source
Cross-checks means verifies by using an alternative source or method.
You cross-check figures against original records, cross-check a story by asking another witness, cross-check a reference by consulting a second database.
The goal is confirmation through independent verification: I cross-checked the numbers with accounting before submitting the report.
In hockey, a cross-check is an illegal hit delivered with the stick held horizontally in both hands.
Confirming truth or accuracy
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- auditFormal accounts examination
- reviewCritical written assessment
- proofreadingChecking text for mistakes
reconciliation · corroboration · redundancy · authentication · failsafe · oversight · scrutiny · vetting
Entering a vehicle
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- defensemanHockey position guarding goal
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
obstruction · collision · forechecking · backchecking · shoulder · roughing · contact · blocking
Restoration of friendly relations
- ledgerFinancial record book
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- discrepanciesDifferences where agreement expected
bookkeeping · accounts · figures · totals · verification · spreadsheet · debits · credits
validation
Confirming truth or accuracy
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- auditFormal accounts examination
- reviewCritical written assessment
proofreading · reconciliation · corroboration · redundancy · authentication · failsafe · oversight · scrutiny · vetting
boarding
Entering a vehicle
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- defensemanHockey position guarding goal
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
interference · obstruction · collision · forechecking · backchecking · shoulder · roughing · contact · blocking · NHL
reconciliation
Restoration of friendly relations
discrepancies · bookkeeping · accounts · figures · totals · verification · spreadsheet · debits · credits · matching
- Rechecksretests, reassessments, reevaluations, verifications
cross-checksassumes
Accepts as true
takes on faith · presumes · rubber-stamps · overlooks · accepts at face value
cross-checksblind faith
Trust without requiring proof
credulity · gullibility · naivety · blind trust · takes for granted