The semantics thread

[NotHardUp1]

Smart and intellectual. They are not the same, even though those who conflate them may not bother to make any distinction.

That's not a complaint, merely an observation.

List your own pairs of near terms or phrases.

 

[Peloso]

Kind and Nice.
Queer and Homosexual.

 

[unloadonme]

Handsome and Attractive

 

[purina]

The only thing I got right now is that boned and deboned mean the same - at least when it comes to chicken.

 

[NotHardUp1]

True and factual.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Private and secret.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Natural and healthy.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Unequal and unjust.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Savage and primitive.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Gay and effeminate.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Spiritual and religious.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Precious and rare.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Facetious and sarcastic.

 

[smokeshadow]

unalienable vs. inalienable

 

[rareboy]

Flammable vs. Inflammable.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Real and tangible.

 

[smokeshadow]

bullet proof (of which there isn't anything that is) vs. bullet resistant
or water proof vs. water resistant

 

[belamyi]

Jus & goo

 

[rareboy]

Butt Dial Versus Booty Call

 

[frankfrank]

Guise and disguise mean the same thing.