identify vs tell apart

identify and tell apart both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
identify	No	No	Yes	No
tell apart	No	No	Yes	No

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

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

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

identify (verb)	tell apart (verb)
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something	mark as different
identify as in botany or biology, for example	detect with the senses
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