Established vs Identify - What's the difference?
established | identify |
(establish)
Of a religion, church etc.: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 731:
(Model, procedure, disease) Explicitly defined, described or recognized as a reference.
To establish the identity of someone or something.
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(biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
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To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
* D. Ramsay
* Burke
(reflexive) To have a strong affinity (with); to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
* 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams , Oxford 2008, p. 117:
To associate oneself with some group.
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To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
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As verbs the difference between established and identify
is that established is (establish) while identify is to establish the identity of someone or something.As an adjective established
is of a religion, church etc: formally recognized by a state as being official within that area.established
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Anglicanism did manage to strengthen its position in the southern English American colonies after Charles II's restoration (even in cosmopolitan New York), gaining established status in six out of the eventual thirteen.
Derived terms
* established church * long-establishedSynonyms
* (abbreviation)identify
English
Verb
- Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers.
- Let us identify , let us incorporate ourselves with the people.
- The dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified herself with her.
citation, passage="The main message is that it's the interface between individuals and society that causes students who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual the most distress," said study first author Yue Zhao. }}