Identical vs Nonidentical - What's the difference?
identical | nonidentical |
(not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
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(not comparable) Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; numerically identical.
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(not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
(not comparable, mathematics) Exactly equivalent.
(comparable, rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.
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(usually, pluralized, chiefly, philosophy) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
As adjectives the difference between identical and nonidentical
is that identical is bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable while nonidentical is not identical; different in some respect.As a noun identical
is something which has exactly the same properties as something else.identical
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Adjective
(en adjective)- The terms of Article 8th are still more identical .