difference between verifying and authenticating

Question

I was just in a meeting where our compliance team was saying there’s a difference between verification and authentication but I can’t figure out what the difference is. Can someone explain it?

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Answer 1

You used to be able to “verify” users by looking for a blue check mark – but in order to authenticate you might need a password, the phone or email uses to create the account, etc. (think 2fa)