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Etymology

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Blend of same (thing) +‎ (no) difference.

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Noun

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same difference

  1. (idiomatic, slang) A distinction which makes no difference; a distinction which does not matter. [1990s] Synonym: distinction without a difference
    • 2011, Constance Briscoe, The Accused, →ISBN, page 274:"When you say she was a tart, do you mean a whore?""It's the same difference," Betty said.

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  • Often used in a grammatically incomplete form, as a pro-sentence, meaning "That is a distinction which makes no significant difference." For example:
2000 July 31, Lev Grossman, “Report From MacWorld Expo”, in Time:Apple as a company has been as much about design as about technology. Is it in danger of putting form ahead of function? Same difference, says Jobs. [edit]
  • indifference

See also

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  • all one
  • all the same
  • as broad as long
  • much of a muchness
  • potayto, potahto
  • six of one, half a dozen of the other
  • tomayto, tomahto
  • trivial
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