without a difference

That understandably did not impress the judge, who issued a restraining order saying that Leavitt's comments about the memo versus the order were "a distinction without a difference."

The judge in that Carroll case later ruled that Trump's attempt to put daylight between the two terms was a distinction without a difference.

While technically distinguishable from theocracy, it’s largely a distinction without a difference.

Back then, that was a distinction without a difference: The root of the company’s financial problems was that FTX loaned gobs of customer money to an SBF-run hedge fund, which invested it in dubious coins that were tied to confidence in FTX’s business.

“It’s a distinction without a difference. It’s Nikki and Nancy,” Trump campaign senior adviser Chris LaCivita said to reporters Saturday night.