English Explanatory Dictionary

distinction without a difference

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A linguistic or conceptual distinction which is of no practical importance or which has no effect on meaning; a perceived difference where there is no actual difference.

Word forms

distinction without a difference distinctions without a difference distinctions without differences

Related words

all one all the same much of a muchness of a piece same difference
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