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Identification vs Anticipation - What's the difference?

identification | anticipation |

As nouns the difference between identification and anticipation

is that identification is the act of identifying, or proving to be the same while anticipation is the act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

identification

English

(wikipedia identification)

Noun

  • The act of identifying, or proving to be the same.
    • Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species
  • The state of being identified.
  • A particular instance of identifying something.
    • information necessary to make a good identification
  • A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
    • The authorities asked for his identification
  • A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding or belonging towards somebody or something.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1998 , author=Hugh Berrington , title=Britain in the nineties , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=192 , passage=In the English South and Midlands, identification' with Britain ran well ahead of '''identification''' with the region; in Yorkshire and the northern England, '''identification''' with the region ran about equal to '''identification''' with Britain; and in Scotland and Wales (but more especially in Scotland) '''identification''' with the region ('Scotland' or 'Wales') ran well ahead of ' identification with Britain.}}

    Derived terms

    * ID * ident

    Related terms

    * identic * identical * identifier * identify * identity ----

    anticipation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • So shall my anticipation prevent your discovery.
  • The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
  • * Thodey
    • The happy anticipation of renewed existence in company with the spirits of the just.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • (finance) Prepayment of a debt, generally in order to pay less interest.
  • (rhetoric) Prolepsis.
  • (music) A non-harmonic tone that is lower or higher than a note in the previous chord and a unison to a note in the next chord.
  • (obsolete) Hasty notion; intuitive preconception.
  • * (John Locke) (1632-1705)
    • Many men give themselves up to the first anticipations of their minds.

    Synonyms

    * expectingness

    Related terms

    * anticipate * anticipator * anticipatory

    References

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