Reconnaissance vs Identification - What's the difference?
reconnaissance | identification |
The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
* 1973 , Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
The act of identifying, or proving to be the same.
The state of being identified.
A particular instance of identifying something.
A document or documents serving as evidence of a person's identity.
A feeling of support, sympathy, understanding or belonging towards somebody or something.
* {{quote-book
, year=1998
, author=Hugh Berrington
, title=Britain in the nineties
, chapter=
As nouns the difference between reconnaissance and identification
is that reconnaissance is the act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information while identification is the act of identifying, or proving to be the same.reconnaissance
English
(wikipedia reconnaissance)Alternative forms
* recce (abbreviation) * recon (abbreviation)Noun
- The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope.
identification
English
(wikipedia identification)Noun
- Much education and experience is required for proper identification of bird species
- information necessary to make a good identification
- The authorities asked for his identification
citation, isbn= , page=192 , passage=In the English South and Midlands, identification' with Britain ran well ahead of '''identification''' with the region; in Yorkshire and the northern England, '''identification''' with the region ran about equal to '''identification''' with Britain; and in Scotland and Wales (but more especially in Scotland) '''identification''' with the region ('Scotland' or 'Wales') ran well ahead of ' identification with Britain.}}
