different between identify vs appreciate

English

Etymology

From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faci?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??d?n.t?.fa?/, /??d?n.t?.fa?/
• Hyphenation: iden?ti?fy

Verb

identify (third-person singular simple present identifies, present participle identifying, simple past and past participle identified)

1. (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
2. (transitive) To disclose the identity of someone.

3. (transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
4. (transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
   • 1809, David Ramsay, History of South Carolina

     Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers.

   • 18 February, 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech on Economical Reform

     Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.

5. (reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
   • 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p. 117:

     The dream is given a new interpretation if in her dream she means not herself but her friend, if she has put herself in the place of her friend, or, as we may say, she has identified [transl. identifiziert] herself with her. (Der Traum erhält eine neue Deutung, wenn sie im Traum nicht sich, sondern die Freundin meint, wenn sie sich an die Stelle der Freundin gesetzt oder, wie wir sagen können, sich mit ihr identifiziert hat.)

   • 2012, Christoper Zara, Tortured Artists: From Picasso and Monroe to Warhol and Winehouse, the Twisted Secrets of the World's Most Creative Minds, part 1, chapter 1, 29

     Cash endures because his most well-known songs—“I Walk the Line” and “Ring of Fire” among them—weave deeply personal narratives with which listeners of all stripes can effortlessly identify.

6. (intransitive) To associate oneself with some group.
7. (intransitive) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.

Synonyms

• to ID

Related terms

• identic
• identical
• identification
• identifier
• identifyee
• identity
• identify with

Translations

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Originated 1645–55 from Medieval Latin appreciatus (“valued or appraised”), from Late Latin appretiatus (“appraised”), from ap- (form of ad- (“towards”)) + Latin preti(um) (“price”) (English precious) + -atus.

Cognate to French apprécier. Latin root also origin of English appraise, which has various Romance cognates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?i?.?i.e?t/, /??p?i?.si.e?t/, /??p???.i.e?t/
• Hyphenation: ap?pre?ci?ate

Verb

appreciate (third-person singular simple present appreciates, present participle appreciating, simple past and past participle appreciated)

1. (transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.

   Synonym: esteem

2. (transitive) To view as valuable.

   Synonym: esteem

3. (transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.
   • 1883, John Lubbock, On the Senses, Instincts and Intelligence of Animals, With Special Reference to Insects

     to test the power of bees to appreciate colour

   Synonym: grasp

4. (intransitive, transitive) To increase in value.
   • 1809, David Ramsay, History of South Carolina

     lest a sudden peace should appreciate the money

   Antonym: depreciate

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Alternative forms

• appretiate (archaic)
• 'preciate (pronunciation spelling)

Related terms

• appraise
• appreciation
• appreciative
• precious

Translations

References

• “appreciate”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “appreciate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "appreciate" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
• appreciate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• "appreciate" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.