Are "To be born out in sth..." and "To bear out..." two different phrases?

Question

To be born out in sth:

To be proven by or evidenced in sth.

"His assertion that the customer was not being entirely truthful was born out in the later events."

Alternative link

To bear somebody/something out

to show that someone is right or that something is true

"The other witnesses will bear me out."

"The other witnesses will bear out what I say."

bear out phrasal verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com:

They both look alike in meaning.

Is born a passive form of some plain infinitive?

What is the plain infinitive of born?

To bear out [plain infinitive]

To be bore out [passive]

To have borne out [perfect active]

Answer 1

Here is a definition of bear. Just be be clear about what the tenses referred to in the entry mean:

bear - infinitive

bore - simple past

borne or born - past participle.

Regarding the past participle: in British English, borne is used with the meaning bear out, and born is used with the meaning of being born (either a baby or a concept).

I understand that in American English the born version can be used for both meanings.

See here for more information about born vs borne.