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Wiktionary英語版での「a distinction without a difference」の意味

a distinction without a difference

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2010/01/28 16:43 UTC 版)

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distinction without a difference (複数形 distinctions without a difference)

A linguistic or conceptual distinction which is of no practical importance or which has no effect on meaning; a perceived difference where there is no actual difference.

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1831, James Fenimore Cooper, Homeward Bound, ch. 14:

"'The Active Inquirer ' is the present name, though when we supported Mr. Adams it was called 'The Active Enquirer,' with an E."

"A distinction without a difference; I like that," interrupted Captain Truck.
1880, Mark Twain, "Concerning the American Language, being part of a chapter which was crowded out of A Tramp Abroad":

I said . . . I did not speak English at all—I only spoke American. He laughed, and said it was a distinction without a difference. I said no, the difference was not prodigious, but still it was considerable.
1964, "Obliterating the Effect," Time, 25 Dec.:

The fact that the sit-in convictions were under state rather than federal law, ruled last week's majority, is "a distinction without a difference."
1996, "Editorial: A setback for attempts to censor the Internet," Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 13 June:

"Obscene" is a higher standard than "indecent," although it seems like a distinction without a difference.
2007, Cass R. Sunstein, "The Supreme Court's conservative divide," The New Republic Online, 29 June:

The Bush Administration attempted to distinguish the current case from Flast. . . . Judge Richard Posner, writing for the court of appeals, responded that this was a distinction without a difference. In the end, all money is appropriated by Congress.

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Almost always preceded by a.

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いらぬ区別だて. - 研究社新英和中辞典

This is a distinction without a difference.発音を聞く例文帳に追加

これは要らぬ区別だ - 斎藤和英大辞典

That is a distinction without a difference.発音を聞く例文帳に追加

それは要らぬ区別だ - 斎藤和英大辞典

a distinction without a difference発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

差異のない区別, 無用の区別立て. - 研究社新英和中辞典

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To allow use of the same controller without any distinction in spite of difference of a function so as to easily change setting and so as to provide a waterproof structure by substituting connection between connectors for a function selecting switch mechanism.例文帳に追加

機能選択スイッチの役目をなす機構をコネクタの接続によって行うことで、機能に違いがある場合でも、同一の制御装置を区別すること無く使用することができ、容易に設定変更を行うことができると共に、防水構造とすることが出来る。 - 特許庁

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Wiktionary英語版での「a distinction without a difference」の意味

a distinction without a difference

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