different between same vs also

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /se?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m
• Homophone: Sejm

Etymology 1

From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase sw? same (sw?) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic ???????????????? (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ???? (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian ?????? (sámyj), Sanskrit ?? (samá), Persian ??? (ham, “also, same”).

Adjective

same (not comparable)

1. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
2. Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.

3. Similar, alike.
4. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.

5. A reply of confirmation of identity.
   • ca. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, scene III:

     King Lear: This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent?

     Kent: The same.[1]

   • 1994, Clerks:

     Dante: Whose house was it?

     Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.

     Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?

     Blue-Collar Man: The same. [2]

Usage notes

• This word is usually construed with the (except after demonstratives: "this same..." etc.). This can make it difficult to distinguish between the simple adjective and the adjective used absolutely or pronominally.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Translations

Pronoun

same

1. The identical thing, ditto.

2. Something similar, something of the identical type.

3. (formal, often law) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.

4. (India, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.

Usage notes

• This word is commonly used as the same.

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

same

1. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.

Synonyms

• this, +1, like
• IAWTP

Etymology 2

From Middle English same, samme, samen, (also ysame, isame), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). Cognate with Scots samin (“together”), Dutch samen (“together”), German zusammen (“together”), Swedish samman (“together”), Icelandic saman (“together”).

Adverb

same (comparative more same, superlative most same)

1. (obsolete or Britain dialectal) Together.

Further reading

• same in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• same in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• same at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• AMEs, ASME, Ames, MSAE, Mesa, eams, mase, meas, meas., mesa, seam

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Adverb

same

1. equally

French

Adjective

same (plural sames)

1. Sami

Noun

same m or f (plural sames)

1. Sami

same m (uncountable)

1. Sami

Derived terms

• same d'Inari

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /same/

Verb

same

1. (transitive) to eat

Related terms

• seme

Japanese

Romanization

same

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

same m (definite singular samen, indefinite plural samer, definite plural samene)

1. Sami; member of the Sami people

Synonyms

• lapp (derogatory)

Related terms

• samisk

References

• “same” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²s??m?/

Etymology 1

From Northern Sami sápmi.

Noun

same m (definite singular samen, indefinite plural samar, definite plural samane)

1. Sami; member of the Sami people

Synonyms

• lapp (derogatory)

Related terms

• samisk

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sami. Akin to English same.

Determiner

same

1. same

2. no matter

Derived terms

• med det same

References

• “same” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

same

1. vocative singular of sam?

Adjective

same

1. masculine/neuter locative singular of sama
2. masculine accusative plural of sama
3. feminine vocative singular of sama

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sa.m?/

Adjective

same

1. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sam

Swedish

Etymology

From Northern Sami Sámi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *?em? (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.

Noun

same c

1. Sami; person of the Sami people

Declension

Synonyms

• lapp (now often derogatory)

Related terms

• samiska

References

English

Etymology

From Middle English also, alswo, alswa (also als(e), as, whence English as), from Old English ealsw?, eallsw? (“completely so, additionally, just as, just so, even as, even so, as, as if, so, so as, likewise, also; likewise, in just the same way”), equivalent to all +? so. Cognate with Scots alsa, alswa (“also, even so, in the same way, as, as well”), Saterland Frisian also (“accordingly, therefore, thus”), West Frisian alsa (“so, just so, even so, thus”), Old Saxon als? (“similarly, as if, just as, when”), Dutch alzo (“so, thus”), German also (“so, thus”), Danish altså (“so”), Norwegian Bokmål altså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus”), Norwegian Nynorsk altso (“so, accordingly, therefore, thus”), Swedish alltså (“so, therefore, accordingly, thus, then”). See all, so, as.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???l.s??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??l.so?/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /??l.so?/
• Hyphenation: al?so

Adverb

also (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. [from 14^th c.]
   • 1905, Bertrand Russell, On Denoting

     The subject of denoting is of very great importance, not only in logic and mathematics, but also in the theory of knowledge.

   • Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; […].
2. (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as. [14^th-15^th c.]
   • c. 1709, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation and Establishment of Religion

     […] thereupon the queen's majesty […] did send a solemn ambassade of her privy-counsellors, whereof one was an ancient earl of the realm, the other also an ancient baron of the same, and others of the council of her state […]

Synonyms

• too
• eke
• as well

Usage notes

The adverb also can go in various places within a sentence, with minimal change of meaning.

Translations

Anagrams

• ASLO, LAOS, LOAs, Laos, Loas, Salo, loas, salo, soal, sola

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??alzo?/

Conjunction

also (coordinating)

1. so, therefore

Adverb

also

1. then (Used to connect a sentence with previous information.)

2. Used to introduce additional information about something previously mentioned.

3. (dated) thus
   • 1883 - 1885, Nietzsche, Friedrich, Also sprach Zarathustra, (title):

Interjection

also

1. alright (Indicates agreement with something.)

2. so (Used as a lead-in or to start a new topic.)

3. Used to resume an interrupted train of thought.

4. An intensifier, indicates an emotional connection to the statement.

Derived terms

• na also

Further reading

• “also” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German also.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?alzo/, [??lzo]

Adverb

also

1. so
2. thus, therefore

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch als?, from al + s?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al?zo?/

Adverb

alsô

1. so, thus
2. also, to the same degree

Related terms

• alse

Descendants

• Dutch: alzo

Further reading

• “also (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “also (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “also (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “also (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

Old Dutch

Etymology

From al +? s?.

Adverb

also

1. so, thus
2. so, to that degree
3. therefore

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: also
  • Dutch: alzo

Further reading

• “als? (I)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Conjunction

als?

1. as, like
2. as if
3. when
4. because
5. so that

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: alse
  • Dutch: als

Further reading

• “als? (II)”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Saterland Frisian

Adverb

also

1. so; thus; therefore; accordingly
2. for that reason; hence

Tagalog

Noun

also

1. silver-spotted gray snapper (Lutianus argentimaculatus)

Volapük

Adverb

also

1. so
2. thus