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Classification vs Identification - What's the difference?

classification | identification |

As nouns the difference between classification and identification

is that classification is the act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes while identification is the act of identifying, or proving to be the same.

classification

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1937-1952 , author=Jorge Luis Borges , title=Other Inquisitions citation , passage=On those remote pages it is written that animals are divided into (a) those that belong to the Emperor, (b) embalmed ones, (c) those that are trained, (d) suckling pigs, (e) mermaids, (f) fabulous ones, (g) stray dogs, (h) those that are included in this classification, (i) those that tremble as if they were mad, (j) innumerable ones, (k) those drawn with a verfy fine camel's hair brush, (l) others, (m) those that have just broken a flower vase, (n) those that resemble flies from a distance.}}
  • * 1997 : Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault , page 69 (Totem Books, Icon Books; ISBN 1840460865)
    • I’m using mathesis' — a universal science of '''measurement''' and '''order''' …
    And there is also '''taxinomia''' a principle of ''''''classification'''''' and ordered '''tabulation'''.
    Knowledge replaced universal resemblance with finite differences. History was arrested and turned into tables …
    Western reason had entered the '     age of judgement     .

    Derived terms

    * classification scheme

    Related terms

    * class * classic * classify * category * categorize * segment

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    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 ----