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I wanted to add to others' comments: usernames as well.
So e.g. I could go create an account called [email protected], and another called [email protected], and another [email protected], etc. (assuming none of these already existed), and they each would be different - plus none of these would be you.
This is a reason why many celebrities say that they refuse to come to the Fediverse, b/c of this potential for misunderstanding regarding the account names - which tbf that is not entirely "new" issue since it would affect emails too, and yet in reality it is new b/c Twitter/X and Reddit and Facebook got people spoiled to expect a certain style of behavior so using the Fediverse feels to them a step backwards (we had a discussion about that topic recently).
So, exactly like email and a website URL, it takes the full thing to specify something exactly - a username, or a community.