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A distinction without a difference is a type of argument where one word or phrase is preferred to another, but this results in no difference to the final outcome. It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid.
"In legal terminology it means a change in definitions which does not change the set which is defined. For example changing 'unseparated married men' to 'males who have a non-separated spouse' is a distinction without a difference." *
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