attributive vs identifier

attributive

noun
  • An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive. 

adj
  • Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase. 

  • Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution. 

identifier

noun
  • Something that identifies or uniquely points to something or someone else. 

  • One who identifies as a particular type or role; one who says and believes that they are a certain thing. 

  • A formal name used in source code to refer to a variable, function, procedure, package, etc. or in an operating system to refer to a process, user, group, etc. 

  • A primary key. 

  • Someone who identifies; a person who establishes the identity of someone or something. 

  • A guidebook that helps determine the specific class of an object (such as a mushroom, herb, fish, bird, drug, or mineral), or its individual identity (such as that of a star). 

  • A code that distinguishes a particular element from all other elements in a document. 

How often have the words attributive and identifier occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )