identification vs ballistic identification

ballistic identification vs identification

identification and ballistic identification both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
identification	Yes	No	No	No
ballistic identification	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ballistic identification is a hyponym of identification; that is, ballistic identification is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than identification:

identification: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
ballistic identification: identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it

Other hyponyms of identification include ballistic fingerprinting, bullet fingerprinting, biometric authentication, biometric identification, identity verification, imprint, positive identification, negative identification, facial profiling, fingerprint, linguistic profiling, profiling.

identification (noun)	ballistic identification (noun)
the act of designating or identifying something	identification of the gun that fired a bullet from an analysis of the unique marks that every gun makes on the bullet it fires and on the shell ejected from it
the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established

Difference between identification and ballistic identification

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