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
Adjective The words “their” and “there” are pronounced in exactly the same way but spelled differently. She gave the same answer as before. He eats the same breakfast every day. The same thing happened to me yesterday. Pronoun “I'll have a coffee with cream and two sugars.” “Make mine the same.” Your idea is the same as his. All of your classmates have begun their projects, and I suggest you do the same. The band's last album was a bunch of bubble-gum pop, and their new release is just more of the same. After the accident, he was never quite the same again. Things would never be the same without you! Things are very much the same as before. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Sweet Home Alabama was released in September 2002 and took its title from the Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name. Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2022 When Queen Elizabeth II is buried in Windsor, England, on Monday, this small town with the same name on the opposite side of the world will be watching — and worrying. Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022 Based on the novels of the same name, this critically acclaimed limited series is also tells the story of King Henry VIII’s historic 38 year reign. Tamara Fuentes, Town & Country, 16 Sep. 2022 The film, hewn from Joyce Carol Oates’s log-size bio-novel of the same name, clings only loosely to the chronology of Marilyn’s existence. Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022 Smith, incidentally, was born Patti Anne but took the name Alexis while in college as a nod to the Hollywood and Broadway actress of the same name. David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2022 Upon completion, the series was collected into a movie of the same name, regarded by many to be his magnum opus. John Penner, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2022 Patriotic young men are as disposable as potato peels in All Quiet on the Western Front, Edward Berger’s new adaptation of the novel that gave us the 1930 Lewis Milestone movie of the same name. John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2022 His memoir, which came out in April, shares the same name. Morgan Watkins, The Courier-Journal, 15 Sep. 2022
Adverb
What is different/same between this Colts team and previous ones? Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2019 Stradley: What is different/same between this Steelers' team and previous ones? Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 22 Dec. 2017 Without the wireless mousepad, that chamber can be used for optional weights same as...well, most Logitech gaming mice. Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 12 June 2017 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Old Norse samr; akin to Old High German sama same, Latin simulis like, simul together, at the same time, similis like, sem- one, Greek homos same, hama together, hen-, heis one