What's the difference between identify and recognize?

Identify


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any relation.
  • (v. t.) To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
  • (v. i.) To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A group of interested medical personnel has been identified which has begun to work together.
  • (2) Three categories of UV response have been identified.
  • (3) The combined analysis of pathogenesis and genetics associated with the salmonella virulence plasmids may identify new systems of bacterial virulence and the genetic basis for this virulence.
  • (4) The pattern of the stressor that causes a change in the pitch can be often identified only tentatively, if there is no additional information.
  • (5) At operation, the tumour was identified and excised with part of the aneurysmal wall.
  • (6) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
  • (7) The histological pattern of tumor was identified in 28 cases.
  • (8) However, some contactless transactions are processed offline so may not appear on a customer’s account until after the block has been applied.” It says payments that had been made offline on the day of cancellation may be applied to accounts and would be refunded when the customer identified them; payments made on days after the cancellation will not be taken from an account.
  • (9) M NET is currently installed in referring physician office sites across the state, with additional physician sites identified and program enhancements under development.
  • (10) The tumors were identified by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging.
  • (11) Type 1 changes (decreased signal intensity on T1-weighted spin-echo images and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) were identified in 20 patients (4%) and type 2 (increased signal intensity on T1-weighted images and isointense or slightly increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) in 77 patients (16%).
  • (12) This modulation results from repetitive, alternating bursts of excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic potentials, which are caused at least in part by synaptic feedback to the command neurons from identified classes of neurons in the feeding network.
  • (13) During enzyme purification two nucleases were identified.
  • (14) Pokeweed mitogen-stimulated rat spleen cells were identified as a reliable source of rat burst-promoting activity (PBA), which permitted development of a reproducible assay for rat bone marrow erythroid burst-forming units (BFU-E).
  • (15) Two small populations of GLY + neurons were observed outside of the named nuclei of the SOC; one was located dorsal to the LSO, near its dorsal hilus, and the other was identified near the medial pole of the LSO.
  • (16) The agent present in the serum which causes dissolution of the fibrin clot was isolated and identified as pepsinogen.
  • (17) In addition to the aqueduct other associated inner ear anomalies have been identified in 60% of this population including: enlarged vestibule (14); enlarged vestibule and lateral semicircular canal (7); enlarged vestibule and hypoplastic cochlea (4); and hypoplastic cochlea (4).
  • (18) At the fepB operator, a 31 base-pair Fur-protected region was identified, corresponding to positions -19 to +12 with respect to the transcriptional start site.
  • (19) Various metabolites of etoposide and teniposide have been identified but their detection and quantitation are disputed.
  • (20) The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential for integrating surveillance techniques in reproductive epidemiology with geographic information system technology in order to identify populations at risk around hazardous waste sites.

Recognize


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To show appreciation of; as, to recognize services by a testimonial.
  • (v. t.) To review; to reexamine.
  • (v. t.) To reconnoiter.
  • (v. t.) To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.
  • (v. t.) To avow knowledge of; to allow that one knows; to consent to admit, hold, or the like; to admit with a formal acknowledgment; as, to recognize an obligation; to recognize a consul.
  • (v. t.) To acknowledge acquaintance with, as by salutation, bowing, or the like.
  • (v. i.) To enter an obligation of record before a proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It is recognized that caregivers encompass family members and nursing staff.
  • (2) The significance of minor increases in the serum creatinine level must be recognized, so that modifications of drug therapy can be made and correction of possibly life-threatening electrolyte imbalances can be undertaken.
  • (3) However it is important to recognize these cysts so that correct surgical management is offered to the patient.
  • (4) The invaginations were classified into four easily recognized types: regular, chunky, filigree, and ridge (present only in axon hillock regions).
  • (5) A topographic relationship was recognized between the MM and the anterior thalamic nuclei.
  • (6) A J-shaped relationship with a dip at the middle SBP (140-149 mmHg) was recognized between treated SBP and CVD.
  • (7) In the German Democratic Republic, patients with scleroderma and history of long term silica exposure are recognized as patients with occupational disease even though pneumoconiosis is not clearly demonstrated on X-ray film.
  • (8) Psychiatry unlike philosophy (with its problem of solipsism) recognizes the existence of other minds from the nonverbal communication between doctor and patient.
  • (9) This suggests that the latter group does not possess the genetic equipment (Ir genes) to recognize the antigenic determinants and to synthesize the corresponding antibodies.
  • (10) Seven patients had not been recognized as hypogammaglobulinemic before the onset of infection.
  • (11) Although esmolol may be used as a primary hypotensive agent, the potential for marked myocardial depression must be recognized.
  • (12) However, since CR3 does not recognize a hexapeptide containing RGD, we presume that residues beyond the RGD triplet contribute to binding.
  • (13) Mapping of the shortest peptides recognized by T cell lines ThoU6 and BieU6 indicate that these sequences are fully overlapping.
  • (14) (2) A close correlation between the obesity index and serum GPT was recognized by elevation of the standard partial regression coefficient of serum GPT to obesity index and that of obesity index to serum GPT when the data from all 617 students was analysed in one group.
  • (15) This antibody was shown to recognize an epitope of carcinoembryonic antigen.
  • (16) The results support the notion that mediator lymphocytes circulate in tumor immunized rats in a noncytotoxic state, specifically recognize tumor cells at a challenge site, and mediate induction of effector cells locally.
  • (17) The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that the problems which arise from simultaneously developing regulatory and competitive approaches to health care cost containment can be solved, if recognized, and that those problems deserve more systematic investigation than they have so far received.
  • (18) Binding studies with synthetic IL2-derived peptides revealed the location of the epitope, which is recognized by mAb BO-7: A peptide representing amino acid residues 59-72 (peptide 84) is strongly reactive with the antibody, while an overlapping peptide (residues 48-69) is not.
  • (19) Radio-immunoprecipitation and partial proteolytic digest mapping showed that the monoclonal antibodies each recognized a unique epitope.
  • (20) Clone 35 recognized live schistosomula and produced Il-2 when presented a 27-kDa protein from nitrocellulose.