Identify vs. Name
Identifyverb
(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
Identifyverb
To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
Identifyverb
(transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
Identifyverb
(reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
Identifyverb
(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group.
Identifyverb
(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.
Identifyverb
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.
Identifyverb
To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
Identifyverb
To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.
Identifyverb
To coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.; to associate oneself in name, goals, or feelings; usually used with with; as, he identified with the grief she felt at her father's death.
Identifyverb
recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something;
Identifyverb
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property;
Identifyverb
consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else;
Identifyverb
conceive of as united or associated;
Identifyverb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Identifyverb
consider to be equal or the same;
Namenoun
Any of several types of true yam (Dioscorea) used in Caribbean Spanish cooking.
Namenoun
The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.
Namenoun
A descriptive or qualifying appellation given to a person or thing, on account of a character or acts.
Namenoun
Reputed character; reputation, good or bad; estimation; fame; especially, illustrious character or fame; honorable estimation; distinction.
Namenoun
Those of a certain name; a race; a family.
Namenoun
A person, an individual.
Nameverb
To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
Nameverb
To mention by name; to utter or publish the name of; to refer to by distinctive title; to mention.
Nameverb
To designate by name or specifically for any purpose; to nominate; to specify; to appoint; as, to name a day for the wedding; to name someone as ambassador.
Nameverb
To designate (a member) by name, as the Speaker does by way of reprimand.
Namenoun
a language unit by which a person or thing is known;
Namenoun
by the sanction or authority of;
Namenoun
a person's reputation;
Namenoun
a well-known or notable person;
Namenoun
family based on male descent;
Namenoun
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase;
Nameverb
assign a specified, proper name to;
Nameverb
give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property;
Nameverb
charge with a function; charge to be;
Nameverb
create and charge with a task or function;
Nameverb
mention and identify by name;
Nameverb
identify as in botany or biology, for example
Nameverb
make reference to;
Nameverb
give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;
Nameverb
determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis
Namenoun
a word or set of words by which a person or thing is known, addressed, or referred to
Namenoun
a famous person
Namenoun
a reputation, especially a good one
Namenoun
(in the UK) an insurance underwriter belonging to a Lloyd's syndicate.
Nameverb
give a name to
Nameverb
identify correctly by name
Nameverb
give a particular title or epithet to
Nameverb
mention by name
Nameverb
appoint (someone) to a particular position or task
Nameverb
(of the Speaker) mention (a Member of Parliament) by name as disobedient to the chair and thereby subject to a ban from the House.
Nameverb
specify (a sum, time, or place) as something desired, suggested, or decided on
Nameadjective
(of a person or product) having a well-known name
Name
A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context.
