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Synchronized vs Identical - What's the difference?

synchronized | identical |

As adjectives the difference between synchronized and identical

is that synchronized is having attained synchronization, together, coordinated, combined while identical is bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

As a verb synchronized

is past tense of synchronize.

As a noun identical is

something which has exactly the same properties as something else.

synchronized

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having attained synchronization, together, coordinated, combined.
  • The synchronized swimmers did everything together, even breathing at the same time.

    Derived terms

    * synchronized skating

    Verb

    (head)
  • (synchronize)
  • 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

    Noun

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

    * indiscernibility of identicals

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