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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinction_without_a_difference

    A distinction without a difference is a type of logical fallacy where an author or speaker attempts to describe a distinction between two things where no discernible difference exists.[1] It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid.

    For example, a person might say “I did not lie; I merely stretched the truth a little bit.”[2]