What is another word for the same difference?

Pronunciation: [ðə sˈe͡ɪm dˈɪfɹəns] (IPA)

"The same difference" is an idiomatic expression used to convey that two things are essentially equal or similar. There are several synonyms for this phrase, including "six of one, half a dozen of the other," "tomato, tomato," "potato, potato," and "different, yet the same." Another option is to use the phrase "two sides of the same coin" to suggest that two ideas are closely related, with one being the flip side of the other. Regardless of which synonym is used, the intention behind the phrase "the same difference" remains the same: to convey that there is little to no distinction between two things, despite minor variations.

What are the hypernyms for The same difference?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with The same difference

  • Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
  • We should not speak of all subjects in one tone and in the same manner. We do not march at the head of a regiment as we walk on a promenade; and we should use the same style in which we should naturally speak of different things in the same way, with the same difference as we should walk, but always naturally, and as is suitable, either at the head of a regiment or on a promenade.=
    François de La Rochefoucauld
  • Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
  • The simplicity attached to the operation of an electric vehicle by any person of ordinary intelligence is too well known to need comment at this point ; but it is found from experience that there is the same difference in the care taken of an electric vehicle that there is among men who attend dynamos and steam engines, or drive horses, with a corresponding difference in troubles and aggravations.
    Clinton Edgar Woods

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