Is the thunderbolt port on the new MBP 13' the same as a mini displayport?

sorry if this is a silly question..

I think that the Thunderbolt port offers the same function as the Display port.
This a working solution that I have, which uses the Thunderbolt port for both Thunderbolt and Display port use:
Macbook Air (mid 2011) - connect to Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Hard Drive (Using Thunderbolt cable)
Seagate Goflex Thunderbolt passthrough (it has 2 thunderbolt ports) to a Dell 24 Inch monitor (using Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter cable).
Both the Seagate GoFlex and the Dell 24 inch monitor work :-)

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