Collocations for identical - adj.

appear, be, look, seem | remain

absolutely, completely, exactly | not necessarily
Different spreadsheet packages tend to be similar, though not necessarily identical.

almost, more or less, nearly, practically, virtually
The two houses were more or less identical.

effectively | apparently | basically, essentially | chemically, formally, genetically

to
This knife is identical to the one used in the attack.

with
offspring that are genetically identical with the parents