Difference between Unidentified and Unknown

What is the difference between Unidentified and Unknown?

Unidentified as an adjective is not identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity. while Unknown as an adjective is not known; unidentified; not well known.

Unidentified

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not identified; having an unknown or unnamed identity.

Unknown

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not known; unidentified; not well known.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A variable (usually x, y or z) whose value is to be found.Any fact or place about which nothing is known (as in the phrase "into the unknown").

We hope you now know whether to use Unidentified or Unknown in your sentence.

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