cross checking
Comparing multiple sources
Cross checking is verifying information by comparing it against another source or method.
You cross-check figures by running them through a different calculation, or cross-check a story by asking a second witness: I cross-checked the invoice against our records.
In hockey, cross-checking is an illegal move where a player shoves an opponent using the shaft of the stick held horizontally.
- validateConfirm as true
- authenticateConfirm as genuine
- verificationProving something accurate
- auditFormal accounts examination
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
source verification · triangulation · accuracy · error detection · red flag · reconciliation · data integrity · goal review · accountability · confirmation · comparison · slashing · consistency · second opinion · double take · replication · peer review · hypothesis testing
- dirty playcheap shot, cheap shots, dirty play, foul play, late hit
- game callsfoul, offsides, offside, traveling, travel
- approvalsapproved, approve, authorizing, certification, endorsing
cross checkingtaking at face value
Believing something as presented
taking on faith · rubber stamping · blind trust · blind faith
cross checkingblind trust
Complete unquestioning confidence
blind faith · credulity · gullibility · naivety · dogmatism
cross checkingcarelessness
Inattention causing mistakes
negligence · sloppiness · skimming · glossing over · cutting corners
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