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Tracking vs Identification - What's the difference?

tracking | identification |

As nouns the difference between tracking and identification

is that tracking is the act by which something is tracked while identification is the act of identifying, or proving to be the same.

As a verb tracking

is .

tracking

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something is tracked.
  • * 1963 , Abraham C. Keller, The Telling of Tales in Rabelais: Aspects of His Narrative Art
  • In volume, the erudite studies of his language, the trackings of his numerous references to persons, places, and things around him, and the reconstruction of the details of his little-known life have occupied the most attention

    identification

    Noun

  • The act of identifying, or proving to be the same.
  • Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species
  • The state of being identified.
  • A particular instance of identifying something.
  • information necessary to make a good identification
  • A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
  • The authorities asked for his identification
  • A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding or belonging towards somebody or something.
  • * {{quote-book
  • , year=1998 , author=Hugh Berrington , title=Britain in the nineties , chapter= citation , isbn= , page=192 , passage=In the English South and Midlands, identification' with Britain ran well ahead of '''identification''' with the region; in Yorkshire and the northern England, '''identification''' with the region ran about equal to '''identification''' with Britain; and in Scotland and Wales (but more especially in Scotland) '''identification''' with the region ('Scotland' or 'Wales') ran well ahead of ' identification with Britain.}}

    Derived terms

    * ID * ident