What's the difference between heroism and identity?

Heroism


Definition:

  • (n.) The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Koroma said he was “humbled by the dedication” of 35,000 Ebola response workers “whose heroism is without parallel in the history of our country”.
  • (2) But how about some first-hand heroism over a second-hand table?
  • (3) Donald Trump's loud mouth got him into trouble, and it will get him out | Jeb Lund Read more Despite Trump’s penchant for controversial comments – including disparaging the heroism of Arizona senator John McCain during the Vietnam war, which led to widespread condemnation within his party – Trump has maintained a substantial lead in national polls for the Republican presidential nomination.
  • (4) As the toxicology reports come in post-disaster, the facts of a broken tail mechanism and of Washington's indubitable resourcefulness and heroism (possibly coke-fuelled) during the disaster fade into the background as the full extent of his addictions becomes clear.
  • (5) In The Plague, the stricken protagonists are searching for some way of being human beyond heroism and sanctity.
  • (6) Part of the fascination here is not just the brittleness, or the basic novelty but the sense of hope in Iceland’s managed miracle, a saga of halls, heroism and meticulous small‑island obsession.
  • (7) "By making the hero a girl, he took all that macho stuff out of the equation and that gave him the freedom to examine heroism.
  • (8) Then, as Barnett puts it, there’s the culture of heroism in relief work: humanitarians like to save the day and would much rather do so on their own.
  • (9) There is a substantial section about the Holocaust .’’ Kaczyński, who engineered his party’s landslide parliamentary election victory last October, has devised a “politics of memory’’ policy that aims to highlight Polish heroism and sacrifice throughout history.
  • (10) Marie Colvin's tragic death in Syria this week has brought rightly glowing tributes to the heroism of one of the bravest journalists.
  • (11) They are an outlet for heroism, a reason for lucrative taxation and, with luck, a source of glory.
  • (12) Kobani was the Kurdish Stalingrad, and its defence became a byword for heroism.
  • (13) The town’s successful defence became a byword for heroism.
  • (14) The more astringent sensibility belongs, of course, to Dahl: one born of boarding-school bullying, extreme heroism in the second world war as a fighter ace and the death of a beloved child (to whom he dedicated The BFG).
  • (15) "But Novodvorskaya's heroism concealed the fact that she was a person with a European education and a talented publicist.
  • (16) In a nutshell: Persian heroism Israel – The Urburb Welcome to the 'urburbs' ... the Israel pavilion.
  • (17) It was, he said, "a day to remember all those who lost their lives" on both sides as well as to "salute the heroism of the task force" sent to correct a "profound wrong".
  • (18) It shows crowds of people cheering the heroism of these new pioneers.
  • (19) My dad just did what he was trained to do but, under fire, when it's observed, it's called heroism."
  • (20) Most remain deeply proud of the heroism shown by their colleagues.

Identity


Definition:

  • (n.) The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.
  • (n.) The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.
  • (n.) An identical equation.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) On the other hand, the LAP level, identical in preterms and SDB, is lower than in full-term infants but higher than in adults.
  • (2) The binding properties of formalin-fixed amelanotic melanoma cells were not identical to those of endothelial or unfixed target cells.
  • (3) Between 22 HLA-identical siblings and 16 two-haplotype different siblings, a significant difference in concordance of reactions for the B-cell groups was noted.
  • (4) However, the groups often paused less and responded faster than individual rats working under identical conditions.
  • (5) Historical analysis shows that institutions and special education services spring from common, although not identical, societal and philosophical forces.
  • (6) Amino acid sequence analysis showed that both peaks had identical N-terminal sequences through the first 28 residues.
  • (7) Pain is not reported in the removal area, the clinical examinations show identical findings on both patellar tendons, X-ray and ultrasound evaluations do not demonstrate any change in patellar position.
  • (8) However, its identity requires further characterization.
  • (9) Examination of the SON in such animals revealed that the oxytocinergic system is already modified by day 12 of dioestrus; during suckling-induced lactation, the anatomical changes are identical to those seen during a normal post-partum lactation.
  • (10) In the process, HDL3 became larger and eluted in a position identical to that of HDL2.
  • (11) However, both were identical in size when synthesized in COS-1 cells in the presence of tunicamycin or when deglycosylated after their synthesis in Xenopus oocytes.
  • (12) The reduction rates of peripheral leukocytes, lung Schiff bases and lung water content were not identical in rats depleted from leukocyte after inhalation injury.
  • (13) In a double-blind, crossover-designed study, 9 male subjects (age range: 18-25 years) received 25 mg orally, four times per day of either S or an identically-appearing placebo (P) 2 d prior to and during HA.
  • (14) In these bitches, a strain of E coli identical to the strain in the infected uterus was isolated.
  • (15) Identical results were obtained in adult and 30 d-old male rats.
  • (16) Urine specimens from patient REE also contained a light chain fragment that lacked the first (amino-terminal) 85 residues of the native light chain but otherwise was identical in sequence to the light chain REE.
  • (17) After immunoadsorbent purification, the final step in a purification procedure similar to that adopted for colon cancer CEA, two main molecular species were identified: 1) Material identical with colon cancer CEA with respect to molecular size, PCA solubility, ability to bind to Con A, and most important the ability to bind to specific monkey anti-CEA serum.
  • (18) This cDNA was obtained because of an identical 10 bp match with the 3' end of one of the GnRH primers.
  • (19) Sera from three of these patients gave a precipitin band in gel diffusion tests identical to that produced by a monospecific rabbit anti-E. granulosus antigen 5 serum, when tested against whole hydatid fluid.
  • (20) We previously established that the binding constant (Ka) of this receptor site for the chemically synthesized model AGE, 2-(2-furoyl)-4(5)-(2-furanyl)-1H- imidazole-butyric acid (FFI-BA), on cells of the mouse macrophagelike cell line RAW 264.7 is identical to that for AGE proteins.