Diverse
Diverse adjective - Being not of the same kind.
Usage example: a movement supported by people with diverse interests but one common goal
Identical
Identical adjective - Being one and not another.
Usage example: both families wanted the identical puppy and weren't accepting the argument that its littermates were just as good
Nearby Words: identically, identic
Both words in one sentence
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So you can see them, identical but for different trappings (this character was wielding a sword, now it's a blaster pistol...), in places as diverse as Feudal Japan, the Modern Era, Space Opera, etc., etc., etc.
Source: Universal-Adaptor Cast - A reference to a deformity or disability (and fairly diverse deformities, at that: there is a school of thought that the name is a mistranslation, as the Old Norse word for bone was identical to the word for leg).
Source: The Magnificent - His arguments range from reasonable (human beings are meant to be diverse, not identical) to strawman (the clones are taking all the good jobs) to outlandish (the number of clones is actually much higher, and many normal humans are secretly clones).
Source: Literature / Genome
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