Learn English – What’s the word for “talking about the same thing but do not realize because using different words”

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The scenario is I'm talking about a particular thing. You are talking about the precise same thing. We are arguing about it because we don't realize that we are talking about the same thing.

Basically, using different words to talk about the same thing. But, we don't understand each other. There is a single word that describes this scenario. I can't remember it.

Best Answer

When a person realises that two parties are arguing (even though they are really agreed on the matter under discussion) merely because they're using different terminology, the comment

'That's just semantics'

is often made.

This hinges on the sense given by AHD:

  1. The meaning or the interpretation of a word, sentence, or other language form

and is short for

'You're basically in agreement about the issue, but you're not seeing that because you're using words in different ways.'

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