Recognition vs. Recognize

Difference Between Recognition and Recognize

Recognitionnoun

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.

Recognizeverb

(transitive) To match something or someone which one currently perceives to a memory of some previous encounter with the same entity.

Recognitionnoun

acceptance as valid or true

The law was a recognition of their civil rights.

Recognizeverb

(transitive) To acknowledge the existence or legality of something; treat as valid or worthy of consideration.

The US and a number of EU countries are expected to recognize Kosovo on Monday.

Recognitionnoun

official acceptance of the status of a new government by that of another country

Recognizeverb

(transitive) To acknowledge or consider as something.

Recognitionnoun

honour, favourable note, or attention

The charity gained plenty of recognition for its efforts, but little money.

Recognizeverb

(transitive) To realize or discover the nature of something; apprehend quality in; realize or admit that.

Recognitionnoun

(immunology) The propriety consisting for antibodies to bind to some specific antigens and not to others.

Recognizeverb

(transitive) To give an award.

Recognitionnoun

A return of the feu to the superior.

Recognizeverb

To show appreciation of.

to recognize services by a testimonial

Recognitionnoun

the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged;

the partners were delighted with the recognition of their workshe seems to avoid much in the way of recognition or acknowledgement of feminist work prior to her own

Recognizeverb

(obsolete) To review; to examine again.

Recognitionnoun

the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering;

a politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of facesexperimental psychologists measure the elapsed time from the onset of the stimulus to its recognition by the observer

Recognizeverb

(obsolete) To reconnoiter.

Recognitionnoun

approval;

give her recognition for tryinghe was given credit for his workgive her credit for tryingthe credits were given at the end of the film

Recognizeverb

(immunology) To have the property to bind to specific antigens.

Recognitionnoun

coming to understand something clearly and distinctly;

a growing realization of the risk involveda sudden recognition of the problem he facedincreasing recognition that diabetes frequently coexists with other chronic diseases

Recognizeverb

to cognize again

Recognitionnoun

(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