Classify and Identify

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Classify

Classify verb - To arrange or assign according to type.
Usage example: classify the baseball cards in your collection on the basis of rarity
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Identify is a synonym for classify in action topic. In some cases you can use "Identify" instead a verb "Classify", when it comes to topics like designate, indication.
Nearby Words: class, classification, classified, classifying, classifier

Identify

Identify verb - To find out or establish the identity of.
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Classify is a synonym for identify in recognize topic. You can use "Classify" instead a verb "Identify", if it concerns topics such as designate, indication.
Nearby Words: identification, identity, identified, identifying, identifiable

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people classify people identify people
animal classify animal identify animal
type classify type identify type
way classify way identify way
Other words: characters, species, gender, threats, songs, members.

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  • Literature / Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea The Dividual: Arronax believes that Ned and Conseil together would have made a remarkable naturalist (the former can identify most of the sea creatures they see, the latter can classify them in seconds).
    Source: Literature / Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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