동일한

dong-ilhan

adjective★Intermediate

general

Being exactly the same in all aspects; identical.

두 제품은 동일한 성능을 가지고 있습니다.

The two products have identical performance.

동일한 조건에서 실험을 반복했습니다.

We repeated the experiment under identical conditions.

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Often used to emphasize that two or more things are exactly the same without any differences.

Collocations

동일한 조건identical conditions동일한 결과identical results동일한 방법identical method

동일한 경험을 하다phrase

to have the same experience

동일한 의견을 가다phrase

to share the same opinion

While '동일한' is formal and precise, '같은' is more commonly used in everyday speech for similar meanings.

In technical or scientific writing, '동일한' is preferred over '같은' to avoid ambiguity.

Derived from the Sino-Korean roots '동(同)' meaning 'same' and '일(一)' meaning 'one', combined with the adjective suffix '-한'.

Commonly used in formal and technical contexts to describe exact equivalence or sameness. Often used in scientific, legal, and technical writing.

동

same

root

일

one

root

한

adjective suffix

suffix

한영사전