Identical vs Parallel - What's the difference?
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(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.
* 1788 , , XLI:
(usually, pluralized, chiefly, philosophy) Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.
Equally distant from one another at all points.
* Hakluyt
Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to".
* Addison
(hyperbolic geometry) said of a pair of lines:'' that they either do not intersect or they coincide
(computing) Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time
One of a set of parallel lines.
* Alexander Pope
Direction conformable to that of another line.
* Garth
A line of latitude.
An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel.
Something identical or similar in essential respects.
* Alexander Pope
A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity.
(military) One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress.
(printing) A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page.
To construct or place something parallel to something else.
* Sir Thomas Browne
Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else.
Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else.
To compare or liken something to something else.
To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc.
* Shakespeare
To equal; to match; to correspond to.
To produce or adduce as a parallel.
* Shakespeare
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As adjectives the difference between identical and parallel
is that identical is (not comparable) bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable while parallel is equally distant from one another at all points.As nouns the difference between identical and parallel
is that identical is (usually|pluralized|chiefly|philosophy) something which has exactly the same properties as something else while parallel is one of a set of parallel lines.As an adverb parallel is
with a parallel relationship.As a verb parallel is
to construct or place something parallel to something else.identical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The terms of Article 8th are still more identical .
Usage notes
* (en-usage-equal) * Adverbs often used with "identical": absolutely, almost, nearly, practically, virtually, substantially.Synonyms
* (bearing full likeness) same * (selfsame) same, selfsameAntonyms
* non-identical * different * distinctDerived terms
* identically * identicalnessNoun
(en noun)Derived terms
* indiscernibility of identicalsReferences
* * *parallel
English
(wikipedia parallel)Adjective
(-)- The horizontal lines on my notebook paper are parallel .
- revolutions parallel to the equinoctial
- The railway line runs parallel to the road.
- The two railway lines are parallel .
- When honour runs parallel with the laws of God and our country, it cannot be too much cherished.
Jos Leys — ''The hyperbolic chamber(paragraph 8)
- a parallel algorithm
Antonyms
* perpendicular, skew, serialNoun
(en noun)- Who made the spider parallels design, / Sure as De Moivre, without rule or line?
- lines that from their parallel decline
- The 31st parallel passes through the center of my town.
- None but thyself can be thy parallel .
- Johnson's parallel between Dryden and Pope
Antonyms
* perpendicular, skew (?)Verb
- The needle doth parallel and place itself upon the true meridian.
- His life is parallelled / Even with the stroke and line of his great justice.
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- My young remembrance cannot parallel / A fellow to it.
- (John Locke)