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by HPsquared 1046 days ago
It depends on the instrument and tuning system. In 12-tone equal temperament they are the same. Some tuning systems treat them differently though, in fact some early keyboards had separate keys, the black keys were split in two so D# was a different key to Eb. Called "split sharps".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_sharp