Identification vs Similarity - What's the difference?
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The act of identifying, or proving to be the same.
The state of being identified.
A particular instance of identifying something.
A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
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=
Closeness of appearance to something else.
(philosophy) The relation of sharing properties.
Identification is a related term of similarity.
As nouns the difference between identification and similarity
is that identification is the act of identifying, or proving to be the same while similarity is closeness of appearance to something else.identification
English
(wikipedia identification)Noun
- Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species
- information necessary to make a good identification
- The authorities asked for his identification
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Derived terms
* ID * identsimilarity
English
Noun
(similarities)- Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. — Sir W. Hamilton.