Honestly, I think it’s a mistake to try to retroactively impose a technical distinction between two words that have been synonyms for quite a while. The intent

Honestly, I think it’s a mistake to try to retroactively impose a technical distinction between two words that have been synonyms for quite a while. The intent is probably to clarify and communicate better. But with that word choice you end up confusing and muddying. The problem is, people have to know exactly what you mean already (which means you probably don’t have that much to talk about on that topic anyway).