same may imply and selfsame always implies that the things under consideration are one thing and not two or more things.
took the same route
derived from the selfsame source
very, like selfsame, may imply identity, or, like same may imply likeness in kind.
the very point I was trying to make
identical may imply selfsameness or suggest absolute agreement in all details.
identical results
equivalent implies amounting to the same thing in worth or significance.
two houses equivalent in market value
equal implies being identical in value, magnitude, or some specified quality.
equal shares in the business
Example Sentences
We visited the identical place we stopped at last year. They were wearing identical coats. The boxes were identical in shape. They drove virtually identical cars. The results were identical to those of the first test.
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Word History
Etymology
probably from Medieval Latin identicus, from Late Latin identitas