different between identification vs identically

English

Etymology

From French identification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d?nt?f??ke???n/, /a??d?nt?f??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n
• Hyphenation: iden?ti?fi?ca?tion

Noun

identification (countable and uncountable, plural identifications)

1. The act of identifying, or proving to be the same.

   Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species

2. The state of being identified.
3. A particular instance of identifying something.

   information necessary to make a good identification

4. A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.

   The authorities asked for his identification

5. A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding or belonging towards somebody or something.

Derived terms

• identificator

Related terms

Translations

References

• identification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From the Late Latin verb identificare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.d??.ti.fi.ka.sj??/

Noun

identification f (plural identifications)

1. identification

Further reading

• “identification” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

identical +? -ly

Adverb

identically (comparative more identically, superlative most identically)

1. In an identical manner.

   It was hard to tell the twins apart: they even spoke identically.

2. (mathematics) In terms of an identity.

   two expressions that are identically equal to each other

   if a holomorphic function ${\displaystyle f(z)}$ approaches zero as ${\displaystyle z\to \infty }$, then ${\displaystyle f}$ is identically zero (=equal to zero for any value of ${\displaystyle z}$)

Translations

References

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