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Identical vs Octuplicate - What's the difference?

identical | octuplicate |

As nouns the difference between identical and octuplicate

is that identical is something which has exactly the same properties as something else while octuplicate is a set of eight like or identical things.

As an adjective identical

is bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

identical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1911, title=Encyclopædia Britannica, chapter=
    • , passage=By this means as many absolutely identical plates can be produced as may be required, and being hardened they will yield a very large number of prints without any appreciable deterioration.}}
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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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  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, title=, by=W. C. Firebaugh, author=Petronius,
    • passage=Nor could I myself look upon this man without some emotion, for he seemed to be the identical  person who had picked up the ragged tunic in the lonely wood, and, as a matter of fact, he was!}}
  • (not comparable, biology) Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.
  • (not comparable, mathematics) Exactly equivalent.
  • (comparable, rare) Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.
  • * 1788 , , XLI:
    • The terms of Article 8th are still more identical .
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    Usage notes

    * (en-usage-equal) * Adverbs often used with "identical": absolutely, almost, nearly, practically, virtually, substantially.

    Synonyms

    * (bearing full likeness) same * (selfsame) same, selfsame

    Antonyms

    * non-identical * different * distinct

    Derived terms

    * identically * identicalness

    Related terms

    * identify * identity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (usually, pluralized, chiefly, philosophy) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.

    • Derived terms

    * indiscernibility of identicals

    References

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    octuplicate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A set of eight like or identical things.
  • * 1942 , Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Owen Seaman, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Punch
    • It was an understood thing in our squadron that no one was on any account to bring the Baron down any account to bring the Baron down, but some of our pilots had come close enough to see his beetling brows and purple cheeks reflected in octuplicate .
  • * 1952 , California Division of Highways, Equipment manual
    • A unit's actual transfer will be brought about through the issuance of a Form S-46, "Transfer Order," which is made up in octuplicate .
  • * 1978 , American Oil Chemists' Society, Lipids
    • Letters of nomination together with supporting documents must be submitted in octuplicate to Earl G. Hammond, Department of Food Technology...