Thumbprint vs Fingerprint - What's the difference?
thumbprint | fingerprint | Hypernyms |
The unique natural pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers.
The patterns left on surfaces where uncovered fingertips have touched.
(computing) Unique identification for public key in asymmetric cryptosystem.
To take somebody's fingerprints.
Fingerprint is a hyponym of thumbprint.
Fingerprint is a hypernym of thumbprint.
As nouns the difference between thumbprint and fingerprint
is that thumbprint is a print, mark or impression made by a thumb while fingerprint is the unique natural pattern of ridges on the tips of the fingers.As a verb fingerprint is
to take somebody's fingerprints.fingerprint
English
(wikipedia fingerprint)Alternative forms
* finger-printNoun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* thumbprintDerived terms
* fingerprint analysis * fingerprint recognitionSee also
* (computing) hashVerb
(en verb)- ''The jail staff fingerprints its 'guests' routinely