alone vs same

alone

adj
  • By oneself, solitary. 

  • Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc. 

adv
  • Not requiring anything further; merely. 

  • By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo. 

  • Without outside help. 

  • Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset. 

  • Not permitting anything further; exclusively. 

same

adj
  • Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical. 

  • Similar, alike. 

  • Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities. 

  • Lacking variety from; indistinguishable. 

  • A reply of confirmation of identity. 

pron
  • It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same. 

  • It or them, without a connotation of similarity. 

  • The identical thing, ditto. 

  • Something similar, something of the identical type. 

adv
  • The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, equally. 

intj
  • Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material. 

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