What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Recognized vs Recognizer - What's the difference?

recognized | recognizer |

As an adjective recognized

is notable; distinguished; honored.

As a verb recognized

is past tense of recognize.

As a noun recognizer is

a person or device that recognizes.

recognized

English

Alternative forms

*recognised (UK )

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Notable; distinguished; honored.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=‘I understand that the district was considered a sort of sanctuary,’ the Chief was saying. ‘ […] They tell me there was a recognized swag market down here.’}}

    Verb

    (head)
  • (recognize)

    • recognizer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or device that recognizes.
  • * 2005 , Stan Z. Li, Anil K. Jain, Handbook of face recognition (page 388)
    • If we drive to work, a face recognizer installed in the car will decide whether to authorize our usage of the vehicle
  • *{{quote-journal, 2008, date=November 12, Georg B. Keller, Richard H. R. Hahnloser, Neural processing of auditory feedback during vocal practice in a songbird, Nature, url=, doi=doi:10.1038/nature07467, volume=457, issue=7226, pages=
    • , passage=The microphone signal was fed to a custom-made, real-time song recognizer that detected the first stereotypic syllable of song motifs using a two-layer neural network trained on spectrotemporal song data. }}