Entity vs. Identity
Entitynoun
That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit. Often used for organisations which have no physical form.
Entitynoun
The existence of something considered apart from its properties.
Entitynoun
(databases) Anything about which information or data can be stored in a database; in particular, an organised array or set of individual elements or parts.
Entitynoun
The state or quality of being or existence.
Entitynoun
A real being, whether in thought (as an ideal conception) or in fact; being; essence; existence.
Entitynoun
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
Entitynoun
a thing with distinct and independent existence
Entitynoun
existence; being
Identitynoun
Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
Identitynoun
The difference or character that marks off an individual from the rest of the same kind, selfhood.
Identitynoun
A name or persona—the mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
Identitynoun
Sense of who one is.
Identitynoun
Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
Identitynoun
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element.
Identitynoun
A well-known or famous person.
Identitynoun
The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.
Identitynoun
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.
Identitynoun
An identical equation.
Identitynoun
the distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity;
Identitynoun
the individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known;
Identitynoun
an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates;
Identitynoun
exact sameness;
Identitynoun
the fact of being who or what a person or thing is
Identitynoun
the characteristics determining who or what a person or thing is
Identitynoun
(of an object) serving to establish who the holder, owner, or wearer is by bearing their name and often other details such as a signature or photograph
Identitynoun
a close similarity or affinity
Identitynoun
a transformation that leaves an object unchanged.
Identitynoun
an element of a set which, if combined with another element by a specified binary operation, leaves that element unchanged.
Identitynoun
the equality of two expressions for all values of the quantities expressed by letters, or an equation expressing this, e.g. (x + 1)² = x² + 2x + 1.
