The difference between Dizygotic and Identical

When used as adjectives, dizygotic means derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized, whereas identical means bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics.

Identical is also noun with the meaning: something which has exactly the same properties as something else.

check bellow for the other definitions of Dizygotic and Identical

  1. Dizygotic as an adjective (biology):

    Derived from two eggs that have been separately fertilized; dizygous.

  1. Identical as an adjective (not comparable):

    Bearing full likeness by having precisely the same set of characteristics; indistinguishable.

  2. Identical as an adjective (not comparable):

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

  3. Identical as an adjective (not comparable, biology):

    Of twins, sharing the same genetic code.

  4. Identical as an adjective (not comparable, mathematics):

    Exactly equivalent.

  5. Identical as an adjective (comparable, rare):

    Approximating or approaching exact equivalence.

  1. Identical as a noun (usually, pluralized, chiefly, philosophy):

    Something which has exactly the same properties as something else.

  2. Identical as a noun:

    An identical twin.

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