Identify
Identify verb - Consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else.
Usage example: He identified with the refugees
See
See verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.
Usage example: out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods
Identify is a synonym for see in perceive topic. Sometimes you can use "Identify" instead a verb "See", if it concerns topics such as make out, perceive with eyes.
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The imbued of Hunter: The Reckoning have this as part of their various powers enabling them to see and identify the supernatural.
Source: I See Dead People -
Players who are not members of the Alley Cats guild always see and identify Apricot and Schwein as male gamers.
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Sometimes, this all manages to conveniently align, and how we self-identify is more or less the same as how others see us and how we "feel." Other times, it's more complicated.
Source: The Whitest Black Guy
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