Distant
Distant adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Usage example: a marriage between two people from very distant cultures
Identical
Identical adjective - Resembling another in every respect.
Usage example: identical dresses whose only difference is a designer label that fetches a high price
Nearby Words: identically, identic
Both words in one sentence
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Uncanny Family Resemblance: It is a black symbiote with large white eyes, making it largely identical to its distant relative Venom.
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Identical Stranger: King Rudolf and Rudolf Rassendyll although, in this case, they are distant cousins.
- It seems to be identical in style to the skyscrapers on Feros, a distant planet where the environmental conditions seemed quite different.
Source: Space Brasília
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