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by ehnto 751 days ago
If words being similar is truly an issue we would have vastly different languages.

Related words for related concepts is very normal, and if you are a professional in this space it's the least we can do to recognize the difference. We aren't astronauts, we have the time to figure it out.

Language learners already learned a second language, they have the skills to figure this out. At least it's not a homonym.