identification vs negative identification

negative identification vs identification

identification and negative identification both are nouns.

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

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

identification: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
negative identification: evidence proving that you are not who you say you are not; evidence establishing that you are not among a group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to rejection

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

identification (noun)	negative identification (noun)
the act of designating or identifying something	evidence proving that you are not who you say you are not; evidence establishing that you are not among a group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to rejection
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 negative identification

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