Realise vs Identify - What's the difference?
realise | identify |
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(biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
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To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
* D. Ramsay
* Burke
(reflexive) To have a strong affinity (with); to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
* 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams , Oxford 2008, p. 117:
To associate oneself with some group.
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To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.
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, title=Youth Who Self-Identify as Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual at Higher Suicide Risk, Say Researchers
, date=Feb. 6, 2010
, magazine=Science Daily
As verbs the difference between realise and identify
is that realise is standard spelling of from=Non-Oxford British spelling|realize|lang=en while identify is to establish the identity of someone or something.realise
English
Verb
(realis)Ed Pilkington
‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told, passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
References
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* British Englishidentify
English
Verb
- Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers.
- Let us identify , let us incorporate ourselves with the people.
- The dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified herself with her.
citation, passage="The main message is that it's the interface between individuals and society that causes students who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual the most distress," said study first author Yue Zhao. }}