Identify vs. Classify

Identifyverb

(transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.

Classifyverb

to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

‘Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?’;

Identifyverb

To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.

Classifyverb

to declare something a secret, especially a government secret

‘They decided to classify that information.’;

Identifyverb

(transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.

Classifyverb

To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrange in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters.

Identifyverb

(reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.

Classifyverb

arrange or order by classes or categories;

‘How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?’;

Identifyverb

(intransitive) To associate oneself with some group.

Classifyverb

declare unavailable, as for security reasons;

‘Classify these documents’;

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.

Classifyverb

assign to a class or kind;

‘How should algae be classified?’; ‘People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms’;

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.

‘Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers.’; ‘Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.’;

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.

‘An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public.’;

Identifyverb

recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something;

‘She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster’;

Identifyverb

give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property;

‘Many senators were named in connection with the scandal’; ‘The almanac identifies the auspicious months’;

Identifyverb

consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else;

‘He identified with the refugees’;

Identifyverb

conceive of as united or associated;

‘Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus’;

Identifyverb

identify as in botany or biology, for example

Identifyverb

consider to be equal or the same;

‘He identified his brother as one of the fugitives’;