Recognition vs. Acknowledgement — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Recognition and Acknowledgement
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Recognition
The act of recognizing or condition of being recognized.
Acknowledgement
The act of admitting the existence or truth of something
Acknowledgment that the service was poor.
Recognition
An awareness that something perceived has been perceived before.
Acknowledgement
Recognition or notice
Peace based on acknowledgment of a nation's sovereignty.
Recognition
An acceptance as true or valid, as of a claim
A recognition of their civil rights.
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Acknowledgement
An expression of thanks or appreciation
Included acknowledgments of people who helped in making the book.
Recognition
Attention or favorable notice
She received recognition for her many achievements.
Acknowledgement
An answer or response in return for something
Sent an acknowledgment of receipt of the letter.
Recognition
Official acceptance of the national status of a new government by another nation.
Acknowledgement
(Law) The formal avowal of an act before a legally empowered officer, such as a judge or notary public, to ensure that the act will be legally recognized.
Recognition
(Biology) The ability of one molecule to attach itself to another molecule having a complementary shape, as in enzyme-substrate and antibody-antigen interactions.
Acknowledgement
Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
Recognition
The act of recognizing or the condition of being recognized matching a current observation with a memory of a prior observation of the same entity.
He looked at her for ten full minutes before recognition dawned.
Acknowledgement
The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
The partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
She seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
Recognition
Acceptance as valid or true.
The law was a recognition of their civil rights.
Acknowledgement
A statement acknowledging something or someone;
She must have seen him but she gave no sign of acknowledgment
The preface contained an acknowledgment of those who had helped her
Recognition
Official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country.
Recognition
Honour, favourable note, or attention.
The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.
Recognition
(immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.
Recognition
A return of the feu to the superior.
Recognition
The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.
The lives of such saints had, at the time of their yearly memorials, solemn recognition in the church of God.
Recognition
The state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;
The partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
She seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own
Recognition
The process of recognizing something or someone by remembering;
A politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces
Experimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer
Recognition
Approval;
Give her recognition for trying
He was given credit for his work
Give her credit for trying
The credits were given at the end of the film
Recognition
Coming to understand something clearly and distinctly;
A growing realization of the risk involved
A sudden recognition of the problem he faced
Increasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases
Recognition
(biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape;
Molecular recognition drives all of biology, for instance, hormone and receptor or antibody-antigen interactions or the organization of molecules into larger biologically active entities
Recognition
The explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country;
Territorial disputes were resolved in Guatemala's recognition of Belize in 1991
Recognition
An acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid;
The recognition of the Rio Grande as a boundary between Mexico and the United States
Recognition
Designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body;
He was unable to make his motion because he couldn't get recognition by the chairman
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