parallel vs same

parallel

adv
  • With a parallel relationship. 

adj
  • Having the same overall direction; the comparison is indicated with "to". 

  • Either not intersecting, or coinciding. 

  • Equally distant from one another at all points. 

  • Involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time. 

verb
  • To produce or adduce as a parallel. 

  • To compare or liken something to something else. 

  • To equal; to match; to correspond to. 

  • To construct or place something parallel to something else. 

  • Of a process etc: To be analogous to something else. 

  • To make to conform to something else in character, motive, aim, etc. 

  • Of a path etc: To be parallel to something else. 

noun
  • A character consisting of two parallel vertical lines, used in the text to direct attention to a similarly marked note in the margin or at the foot of a page. 

  • A line of latitude. 

  • One of a set of parallel lines. 

  • One of a series of long trenches constructed before a besieged fortress, by the besieging force, as a cover for troops supporting the attacking batteries. They are roughly parallel to the line of outer defenses of the fortress. 

  • Direction conformable to that of another line. 

  • An arrangement of electrical components such that a current flows along two or more paths; see in parallel. 

  • Something identical or similar in essential respects. 

  • A comparison made; elaborate tracing of similarity. 

same

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

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. 

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

adj
  • Similar, alike. 

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

  • Lacking variety from; indistinguishable. 

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

  • A reply of confirmation of identity. 

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