Analytic functions and constants: Proving $f(z)-g(z)$ is constant

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Let $f(z)$ and $g(z)$ be analytic on some domain. Show that if $\Re(f(z)) = \Re(g(z))$ then $f(z)-g(z)$ is constant.

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If you write the difference $f(z)-g(z) = u(z) + iv(z)$, the condition that $\mathrm{Re}(f(z)) = \mathrm{Re}(g(z))$ implies that $u(z)=0$.

Hint: What does Cauchy-Riemann tells you, knowing that $f(z)-g(z)=iv(z)$ is holomorphic?