Verify and assert commands are used to validate the correctness of a test result. The difference between the two lies in the way they handle the test failure.  The assert command stops the test execution immediately if the test fails. This is useful when the subsequent tests are dependent on the result of the current test. If the assert command fails, the execution stops and the test suite moves on to the next test.  On the other hand, the verify command continues the test execution even if the test fails. It logs the failure, but does not interrupt the test execution. This is useful when the test suite contains multiple independent tests, and it is important to run all of them even if some of them fail.  One important difference between the two is that the assert command throws an exception when the test fails, while the verify command does not. This means that if an assert command fails, the exception it throws can be caught and handled using a try-except block. On the other hand, the verify command does not throw an exception, and it is not possible to handle its failure using a try-except block.  In general, assert commands are used when it is important to stop the test execution as soon as a failure is encountered, while verify commands are used when it is important to run all the tests in the test suite even if some of them fail.