Heroism vs. Identity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Heroism and Identity
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Heroism
Great bravery
They fought with exemplary heroism
Identity
The fact of being who or what a person or thing is
She believes she is the victim of mistaken identity
He knows the identity of the bombers
Heroism
Heroic conduct or behavior.
Identity
A close similarity or affinity
An identity between the company's own interests and those of the local community
Heroism
Heroic characteristics or qualities; courage.
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Identity
A transformation that leaves an object unchanged.
Heroism
The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
Identity
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.
Heroism
The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
Heroism is the self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action.
Identity
The condition of being a certain person or thing
What is the identity of the author of the manuscript?.
Heroism
The qualities of a hero or heroine; exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger (especially in battle);
He showed great heroism in battle
He received a medal for valor
Identity
The set of characteristics by which a person or thing is definitively recognizable or known
"The identity of the nation had ... been keenly contested in the period of nationalist opposition to Imperial rule" (Judith M. Brown).
Identity
The awareness that an individual or group has of being a distinct, persisting entity
"He felt more at home thousands of miles from Britain than he did in an English village four miles from his home ... Was he losing his identity?" (Robert Fallon).
Identity
The fact or condition of being the same as something else
The identity of the two handwriting samples was established by an expert.
Identity
The fact or condition of being associated or affiliated with something else
The identity between mass and energy.
Identity
Information, such as an identification number, used to establish or prove a person's individuality, as in providing access to a credit account.
Identity
An equation that is satisfied by any number that replaces the letter for which the equation is defined.
Identity
Identity element.
Identity
Sameness, identicalness; the quality or fact of (several specified things) being the same.
Identity
The difference or character that marks off an individual or collective from the rest of the same kind, selfhood, sense of who something or someone or oneself is, or the recurring characteristics that enable the recognition of such an individual or group by others or themself.
I've been through so many changes, I have no sense of identity.
This nation has a strong identity.
Identity
A name or persona—a mask or appearance one presents to the world—by which one is known.
This criminal has taken on several identities.
In this show, the competitor's identity will remain secret until after the vote.
Identity
(mathematics) An equation which always holds true regardless of the choice of input variables.
The equation (x+y)(x−y) = x2−y2 is an algebraic identity. It is true regardless of the values of x and y.
Identity
Any function which maps all elements of its domain to themselves.
Identity
(algebra) An element of an algebraic structure which, when applied to another element under an operation in that structure, yields this second element.
Identity
A well-known or famous person.
Identity
The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness.
Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves.
Identity
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.
Identity
An identical equation.
Identity
The distinct personality of an individual regarded as a persisting entity;
You can lose your identity when you join the army
Identity
The individual characteristics by which a thing or person is recognized or known;
Geneticists only recently discovered the identity of the gene that causes it
It was too dark to determine his identity
She guessed the identity of his lover
Identity
An operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates;
The identity under numerical multiplication is 1
Identity
Exact sameness;
They shared an identity of interests
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