Biometric identification and Face recognition

Biometric identification

Biometric identification noun - The automatic identification of living individuals by using their physiological and behavioral characteristics.

Face recognition and biometric identification are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "Face recognition" with "Biometric identification", this phrases are similar.

Face recognition

Face recognition noun - Biometric identification by scanning a person's face and matching it against a library of known faces.
Usage example: they used face recognition to spot known terrorists
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Synonyms for Face recognition

Biometric identification and face recognition are semantically related. You can use "Biometric identification" instead a noun phrase "Face recognition".
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