may be like that ...

 

could resemble that ...

 

might be indistinguishable from that ...

 

 

... but that is not this,

 

 
We discriminate against people to the degree we fail to distinguish between them.—Irving J. Lee

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... differences that
make a difference ...
 

 

 

may appear to be this ...

 

  could be similar to this ...

 

    might be mistaken for this ...

 

and this is not that.

 

... our vision does not penetrate
the surface of things. We think that
that is which appears to be.
—Henry David Thoreau
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