Is the SSD in the 15" MacBook Pro Retina compatible with the 13" MacBook Pro Retina?

A friend upgraded his Retina MacBook Pro 15" from 256GB to an OWC 480GB SSD.  He was going to sell me the 256GB SSD he pulled out of his rMBP.  I was thinking of buying the base 13" rMBP and installing that 256GB SSD from the 15" rMBP.  Will that work or are they not compatible.  Eyeballing it, they look to be exactly the same size so physically it would fit but not sure if they are not compatible for other reasons.

none of what you mentioned - use a damp micro fibre cloth to wipe your macbook retina.
make sure it's damp and not wet.
using a wet cloth can cause some drips between the keys that might create an issue - so make sure it's just damp.

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