I'm pretty sure it is? It's not validation, but what are tests if not automated verification of certain things?

Sorry I was thinking like formal verification like proving something is correct. I guess testing can be considered a form of "dynamic verification."

But there is the problem that tests only check or verify a small sample of possible cases or inputs. They can never show that the program is correct. (Famous Dijkstra statement.) To know something is really correct you have to understand and prove it.