Yeah. And e.g. NIST's glossary for IV&V is also the opposite of what I said:
> independent verification & validation (IV&V)
> A comprehensive review, analysis, and testing, (software and/or hardware) performed by an objective third party to confirm (i.e., verify) that the requirements are correctly defined, and to confirm (i.e., validate) that the system correctly implements the required functionality and security requirements.
In my experience it's more common to use "verify" for the lower-level "conforms to specs" and "validate" for the higher level "are the specs right" but in other areas it might be different.
> independent verification & validation (IV&V)
> A comprehensive review, analysis, and testing, (software and/or hardware) performed by an objective third party to confirm (i.e., verify) that the requirements are correctly defined, and to confirm (i.e., validate) that the system correctly implements the required functionality and security requirements.
In my experience it's more common to use "verify" for the lower-level "conforms to specs" and "validate" for the higher level "are the specs right" but in other areas it might be different.