identity vs identification

identity and identification both are nouns.

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

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

identity: the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity
identification: the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)

Other hyponyms of identity include gender identity, personhood.

As nouns, identification is a hypernym of identity; that is, identification is a word with a broader meaning than identity:

identity: the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known
identification: the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering

Other hypernyms of identity include recognition.

identity (noun)	identification (noun)
the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity	the act of designating or identifying something
exact sameness	the attribution to yourself (consciously or unconsciously) of the characteristics of another person (or group of persons)
the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known	the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates	evidence of identity; something that identifies a person or thing
	the condition of having the identity (of a person or object) established

identity vs identification

identity and identification both are nouns.

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