the difference between a romantic and aromantic

is there a difference between a speakeasy and a drug den?

the difference between a K-car and a kei car

the difference between ice and hard water

the difference between "confine yourself to quarters" and "go to your room"

the difference between taking a fish out of water and pushing a land animal under water

the difference between vanilla flavored ice cream and bean flavored ice cream

vanilla, chocolate, and coffee ice cream are all bean flavored, but only vanilla sometimes has visible palpable bean bits

the difference between something being "all but gone" and it being "anything but gone"

the difference between 🙄 and 🥺

the difference between "incorporated" and "made flesh"

the difference between matrices and maître d's

the difference between thomas the tank engine and the human centipede

the difference between a take on the cops and a cop on the take

the difference between a strip mall and a strip club

the difference between a smart homeowner and a smarthome owner

the difference between homework and housework

the difference between living off the land and being an astronaut

the difference between bumping into someone on the street and bumping into someone in your car

@else coffee does sometimes

@else One means you are in a cottagecore tiktok, the other means you're in a horror movie.