Identifying
Identifying adjective - Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group.
Usage example: the marching band's striking black-and-silver uniforms serve as its identifying mark for thousands of parade spectators
Proper and identifying are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proper" instead an adjective "Identifying".
Proper
Proper adjective - Serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group.
Usage example: malaria and other diseases that are proper to the tropics
Identifying and proper are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Identifying" instead an adjective "Proper".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Going Critical: Not in the story proper, but the reactor at the factory Jack got his gun from went critical.The Doctor: (identifying Jack's weapon) Sonic Blaster.
- In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, the trust password for identifying ally under EMP is "Star", which the proper response is "Texas", as seen in Second Sun stage.
Source: Trust Password -
In the parody of Dog Day Afternoon, Sonny uses proper manners while answering the phone, even identifying himself, and the caller greets him by announcing the presence of police outside the bank and demanding his surrender.
Source: Magazine / MAD
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