What is the actual difference between equality and sameness?

People are the same when they are not different. People are equal when their differences are irrelevant.

Equality refers to opportunity.
We each had an equal chance of scoring that last cookie.

Sameness is a direct comparative.
Those cookies all contain nuts.

Equality is when two individuals are treated the same way irrespective of their race, gender, color or nationality etc.Sameness is more related to physical attributes.

Massive difference. Equality celebrates our differences while sameness erases them.

“Equality is treating different things differently.’

-Chris Bangle, former chief of design for BMW.

Equality means equal opportunity no matter your race, gender, handicap or sexual preference you have the same opportunity to do what ever you want with your life.

Sameness demands you conform to something such as a specified behavior, race, religion, dress code, music and or food preference.

If attempts are made to mandate equality, sameness will surely follow.

If tossing things into a basket, equality means the good players are placed further away so they score equally as the bad players. Sameness means all players are the same distance away, but the good players will score more.