identity vs recognition

recognition vs identity

identity and recognition both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hypernyms of identity include identification.

identity (noun)	recognition (noun)
the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity	designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body
exact sameness	the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known	an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid
an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates	coming to understand something clearly and distinctly
	approval
	the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country
	(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape
	the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged

Difference between identity and recognition

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