Close and Identical

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Close adjective - Having little space between items or parts.

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Identical and close are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Identical" instead an adjective "Close".

Nearby Words: closed, closeness, closing, closely, closure

Identical adjective - Being one and not another.

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Close and identical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Close" instead an adjective "Identical".

Nearby Words: identically, identic

One example: Stottlemeyer mentions that no two siblings will have the same DNA — it's close to, but not exactly identical, with the exception for identical twins.

Source: Shown Their Work / Live-Action TV
Heinlein's Double Star isn't perfectly identical to the politician he is assigned to impersonate, but he is close enough to fake it.

Source: Identical Stranger
Kodama and Obariyon of the Batiri in CHIKARA aren't twins, and aren't even related, but look close to identical due to having the same height, build, skin tone, hair, gear, etc., along with similar facepaint and tattoos.

Source: Identical Twin ID Tag

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