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Originally Posted by mineistaken
Yeah, but lets see my argument, which is pretty simple:
If it is "the same" (and not, as wikipedia put it, "sometimes informally used interchangeably") people should be calling each of those either coat or jacket with the same confidence and conviction.
For example you have a guest wearing #1 and say "take of you coat". And then have a guest wearing #5 and say "take of your coat". And in both instances you should feel the same confidence and conviction while saying those phrases, because it is "the same"....
If you follow my drift..
That is why I say no to "it is the same" and yes to "sometimes informally used interchangeably".
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You stitch together a solid argument. Get it, stitch, yuk yuk. Unfortunately, the fact remains there is no difference. The line has been blurred over the centuries such that there's no difference. You'd never call that goose down jacket a goose down coat, etc., et al, on&on.