Say you were arguing over how to build a birdhouse. You both basically agree on how to build it, but there are a few fine details that are unimportant to same outcome, you can say, "We both agree on how to build this thing, let's not argue over semantics."
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"We're all sitting here worrying about shades of meanings of our words, wasting our time on semantics, when we should be seeking a solution."
the meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence, etc.: Let's not argue about semantics
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Semantics is the study of the meaning of words. Misunderstandings arise when people use words without really knowing what they mean, or attempt to understand things without knowing the meaning of the words used. These are problems caused by faulty semantics.
Lexical semantics is a branch of semantics which deal with meanings and relations of words. This also includes the synonyms, antonyms and hyponyms of different words.
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although the two words are different, the semantics are the same.