Thinking and knowing
Synonyms for recognition
Two senses of recognition live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.
the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering
A politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his recognition of faces.
The true synonym
identification
Same sentence, swapped: A politician whose recall of names was as remarkable as his identification of faces.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for recognition as it is used in the sentence above.
- credit
- acknowledgement
- recollection
the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged
The partners were delighted with the recognition of their work.
The true synonym
acknowledgement
Same sentence, swapped: The partners were delighted with the acknowledgement of their work.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for recognition as it is used in the sentence above.
- identification
- realization
- approval
Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
One word a day, five rungs, and a reason under every answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact library. The daily stack climbs from tier one to tier five, and every answer tells you what the word means and why the near miss missed.