What Is an Oxymoron?
4. Same Difference
How can something be both the same and different at the same time? The simple answer to that question is: it cannot! The term is another example of a fairly commonly used oxymoron, and it is often used freely with the user apparently being completely unaware of the contradiction that lays within.
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The term is often used to describe something that basically amounts to being the same as something else despite there being some differences. For example, the term “same difference” could be used in a discussion over whether somebody was fired from their job, or if they were forced to resign.
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