different between identic vs identity

English

Alternative forms

• identick (obsolete)

Etymology

From French identique, from Medieval Latin identicus (“the same”), from Latin identi-, from idem (“the same”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??d?nt?k/

Adjective

identic (comparative more identic, superlative most identic)

1. (obsolete) Identical.
2. (diplomacy, obsolete) Precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression; applied to concerted action or language used by two or more governments in treating with another government.
   • 1887, J. F. Maurice, The Campaign of 1882 in Egypt, page 1:

     The English and French Governments had, on the 6th January, 1882, given to the Khedive an assurance of their support in an “identic declaration,” since known as the “dual note,” […]

Related terms

• identification
• identify
• identity

Further reading

• identic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• identic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• incited, inticed

Interlingua

Adjective

identic (not comparable)

1. identical, identic

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French identique and its source, Latin identicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?den.tik/

Adjective

identic m or n (feminine singular identic?, masculine plural identici, feminine and neuter plural identice)

1. identical

Declension

English

Etymology

Middle French identité, from Latin idem (“the same”). See identical and idem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??d?nt?ti/

Noun

identity (countable and uncountable, plural identities)

1. Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
   • 1997, Hydrothermal Vent Fauna, in Advances in Marine Biology: The Biogeography of the Oceans, page 111:

     […] suggesting the two are different stages of the same species. The identity of the two species is further suggested by allozyme analysis […]

2. The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind, selfhood, sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themself.

   I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.

   This nation has a strong identity.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

3. A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.

   This criminal has taken on several identities.

4. (mathematics) An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.
5. (algebra, computing) Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
6. (algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element.
7. (Australia, New Zealand) A well-known or famous person.
   • 1887 July 19, "Drowned at Williamstown", The Age (Melbourne)

     The body of a well known old identity named James Conroy […] was found in the water yesterday afternoon…

   • 2013 April 4, "Cricket identities consult lawyers", New Zealand Herald
   • 2016 January 13, "Kings Cross identities arrested in connection with murder", The Sydney Morning Herald

Synonyms

• (sameness): See also Thesaurus:sameness
• (difference that marks off an individual): individuality, selfhood; see also Thesaurus:selfhood
• (mathematical function): identity function
• (famous person): celebrity, personality

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Translations

References

• identity at OneLook Dictionary Search
• identity in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• identity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• identity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.