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They are not the same

julia> using LinearAlgebra

julia> x = rand(5); y = rand(5);

julia> x ⋅ y
0.9319630238212403

julia> x * y
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching *(::Vector{Float64}, ::Vector{Float64})
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