How do you know if a compound is identical or enantiomers?

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The differences between identical and enantiomeric compound is given below:
S. No. Identical Compound Enantiomeric compound
1 A compound is said to be an identical compound when it is exactly the same and cannot be differentiated. A compound is said to be an enantiomer when the compound is non-superimposible mirror images of each other.
2 Identical compounds are optically inactive Enantiomeric compounds are optically active.
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S. No.	Identical Compound	Enantiomeric compound
1	A compound is said to be an identical compound when it is exactly the same and cannot be differentiated.	A compound is said to be an enantiomer when the compound is non-superimposible mirror images of each other.
2	Identical compounds are optically inactive	Enantiomeric compounds are optically active.
3	Example:	Example :