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Intermittent describes something that stops and starts or occurs with gaps between episodes. It says how it occurs, without establishing severity, cause, or regularity.

“The patient reports intermittent pain, with pain-free periods between episodes.”

Usage note: Intermittent does not by itself establish severity, cause, or regular timing.

Subside means become less strong, intense, or prominent, or go down to a lower level: a spike in tickets, a wave of complaints, a pain, a noise, a storm, or floodwater subsides when it eases. It usually follows a rise or flare-up, and it does not have to stop completely or get all the way back to normal.

“The patient reports that the pain has subsided since the previous assessment.”

Usage note: Less intense does not necessarily mean absent.

Verify most often means find out whether something is correct or true by checking it against evidence: a claim, a figure, an identity, a signature, an image. It can also mean show or state that something is true, as a witness or an authority does (his account was verified by two witnesses). Unverified means the check has not yet been done, not that the thing is false.

“We need to verify the time recorded in the handover.”

Usage note: A discrepancy calls for checking rather than guessing which record is right.