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Clarification vs Identification - What's the difference?

clarification | identification |

As nouns the difference between clarification and identification

is that clarification is the act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities; particularly, the clearing or fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent while identification is the act of identifying, or proving to be the same.

clarification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of clarifying; the act or process of making clear or transparent by freeing visible impurities]]; particularly, the clearing or [[fine, fining of liquid substances from feculent matter by the separation of the insoluble particles which prevent the liquid from being transparent.
  • The clarification of wine.
  • The act of freeing from obscurities.
  • Your ideas deserve clarification.

    Quotations

    * 1627 , , Sylva Sylvarum: Or a Natural History in Ten Centuries *: To know the means of accelerating clarification [in liquors] we must know the causes of clarification.

    References

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    See also

    * qualification ----

    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