Identity and Recognition

Identity

Identity noun - The individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known.

Usage example: geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it

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Recognition and identity are semantically related. in identification topic. In some cases you can use "Recognition" instead a noun "Identity".

Recognition noun - The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering.

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Identity and recognition are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Identity" with "Recognition", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: recognize, recognise, recognized, recognizable, recognizer

individual	individual identity	individual recognition
full	full identity	full recognition
particular	particular identity	particular recognition
public	public identity	public recognition
Other adjectives: legal, proper, actual, little, false, personal, national, official, different, visual.

Throughout Season One, after Ari infiltrates NCIS, Gibbs is seen running a facial recognition search on him to find his identity.

Source: Series / NCIS
First OL points how easily he found Alan Scott's identity with a facial recognition scan and reveals his distaste of it to the Team.

Source: Fanfic / With This Ring
Ascended Extra: Julia Stiles character Nicky was a very minor character in Identity, and would have been completely overlooked if it wasn't someone with Stiles name recognition playing her.

Source: Film / The Bourne Series

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