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Originally Posted by dd74
In society, they are not perceived differently, which cancels out whatever meaning either has.
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Ah, you mean like how people merge, as synonymous, words like
Morals and
Ethics? You are right, much of society has an abbreviated vocabulary. (in a "living language" you're saying ignorance of the meaning changes the meaning? --interesting.) For those who want, there
are distinctions of ideas/definitions which are represented by distinct words.