identify vs secern

identify and secern both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
identify	No	No	Yes	No
secern	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, secern is a hyponym of identify; that is, secern is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than identify:

identify: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
secern: mark as different

Other hyponyms of identify include differentiate, distinguish, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart.

identify (verb)	secern (verb)
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something	mark as different
identify as in botany or biology, for example
consider to be equal or the same
conceive of as united or associated
consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property