crosschecking
Confirming through comparison
Crosschecking is verifying information by comparing it against another source or method: She was crosschecking the figures against last year's report.
The practice is standard in journalism, accounting, and research—anywhere accuracy matters.
In hockey, crosschecking is an illegal hit using the shaft of the stick held horizontally against an opponent.
Confirming truth or accuracy
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
- substantiationProof of truth
proofreading · audit · vetting · triangulation · reconciliation · comparison · matching · review
Demonstration of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- recordsStored data or albums
- sourcesPoints of origin
- referencesSources cited for verification
data · testimony · corroboration · paper-trail · receipts · credentials · certificates
Accuracy of measurement
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
- thoroughnessAttention to every detail
diligence · scrutiny · consistency · reliability · fidelity · exactitude · carefulness · correctness
validation
Confirming truth or accuracy
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- authenticationConfirming genuine identity
substantiation · proofreading · audit · vetting · triangulation · reconciliation · comparison · matching · review
proof
Demonstration of truth
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- recordsStored data or albums
- sourcesPoints of origin
references · data · testimony · corroboration · paper-trail · receipts · credentials · certificates
precision
Accuracy of measurement
- exactnessCorrectness in every detail
- meticulousnessExtreme carefulness in details
- rigorStrict, thorough precision
thoroughness · diligence · scrutiny · consistency · reliability · fidelity · exactitude · carefulness · correctness
crosscheckingblind trust
Complete unquestioning confidence
accepting at face value · taking at face value · taking on faith · rubber-stamping · assuming
crosscheckingcredulity
Uncritical acceptance of claims
gullibility · blind faith · taking at face value · naivety · credulousness
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