identification vs positive identification

positive identification vs identification

identification and positive identification both are nouns.

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

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

identification: evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
positive identification: evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance

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

identification (noun)	positive identification (noun)
the act of designating or identifying something	evidence proving that you are who you say you are; evidence establishing that you are among the group of people already known to the system; recognition by the system leads to acceptance
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 positive identification

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