As nouns the difference between profiling and characterization
is that profiling is the forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics while characterization is the act or process of characterizing.
As a verb profiling
is .
profiling
English
Noun
(-)
The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics.
(military, historical) In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points.
Derived terms
* DNA profiling
* psychological profiling
* racial profiling
Verb
(head)
characterization
Alternative forms
* characterisation (Commonwealth)
Noun
(
en noun)
The act or process of characterizing.
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