Identity vs Authentication - What's the difference?
identity | authentication |
Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
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The difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest of the same kind, selfhood.
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A name or persona—the mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
Sense of who one is.
(algebra, computing) Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this, second element.
something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
(computing) proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
a hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork
As nouns the difference between identity and authentication
is that identity is sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same while authentication is something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something.identity
English
(wikipedia identity)Noun
(identities)- This criminal has taken on several identities .
- I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity .
- This nation has a strong identity .