What's the Difference?

Many words are often used interchangeably, even when they have distinct meanings.

What's the Difference Between…>
Buffalo/bison, college/university, lager/ale, and more
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Should You 'Quit' or 'Resign'?>
A word for when you're outta there
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The Difference between 'Race' and 'Ethnicity'>
How they differ and overlap
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'Coworker' and 'Colleague': Shared Labor>
Working, together
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'Treatment' vs. 'Cure'>
Explaining the differences
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'Furlough' vs 'Layoff'>
Is there a difference?
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'Diagnosis' vs. 'Prognosis'>
They occur alphabetically, literally and figuratively.
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'Recessions' vs. 'Depressions' in the Economy>
Taking stock of the differences
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'Xenophobia' vs. 'Racism'>
Where they overlap and how they differ
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On ‘Infringe,’ ‘Encroach,’ and ‘Impinge’>
We’re all up in your business with these very similar words.
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The Sometimes Subtle Difference Between 'Conflate' and 'Equate'>
They're not the same, but they are confusing
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Is It 'Jail' or 'Prison'?>
How they differ and overlap
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The Difference Between 'Elicit' and 'Illicit'>
A tale of a verb and an adjective that sound alike but have nothing to do with one another
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The Difference Between 'Bug,' 'Insect,' and 'Beetle'>
A bug is an insect and so is a beetle, so what's an insect?
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What's the difference between a 'boat' and a 'ship'?>
And which one holds the gravy?
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What's the Difference Between Britain, Great Britain, and the UK?>
Our Anglophile friends already know
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Using 'Citizen' and 'Resident' Legally>
Being a citizen and being a resident aren't exactly the same.
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Is That Plant 'Perennial' or 'Annual'?>
We get asked at least once a year
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The Difference Between Doing a 180 and a 360>
A problem of English and geometry.
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A Complaint About Using 'Lawsuit' For 'Complaint'>
The complaint comes first; the suit follows.
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The Difference Between 'Patriotism' and 'Nationalism'>
Although treated as synonyms, there is a distinction. But it's more complicated than "'patriotism' good; 'nationalism' bad."
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The Difference Between Baking and Roasting>
Is a half-baked idea really so different from a half-roasted one?
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Herb vs Spice: A Debate>
If variety is the spice of life, what's the herb?
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This is the Difference Between a Hypothesis and a Theory>
In scientific reasoning, they're two completely different things
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What's the difference between 'sympathy' and 'empathy'? >
Though the words appear in similar contexts, they have different meanings
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