It's similar, but NIP-05 also has the provider verify it's indeed you by having a file that links your npub to the you@theirdomain.tld.
If I change my NIP-05 to aspartame@nip05.social, clients won't show me with a verified tick, because when they check with nip05.social, aspartame@nip05.social is linked to a different npub than mine.
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npub17e…6epc7
2023-10-12 06:01:43 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…svtl
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wss://nos.lolPublished at
2023-10-12 06:01:43 UTCEvent JSON
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