> [!tldr] When there's a lot of things that mean basically the same thing I'm not sure if this is a term that actually should exist, but it's something I came up with interacting with an [[Large Language Models|LLMs]] while investigating the nuances of some of the more ambiguous constructs of the [[Archimate]] meta-model. **Semantic crowding** is when there's a lot of terms or concepts that are almost identical in meaning or usage... where the distinction between them boils down to almost pure pedantry. ## Examples For each of these I know the technical difference, but as they're used they're more often than not completely interchangeable. - "Process" vs "Procedure" - "Interface" vs "Service" - "Container" vs "Component" in the [[C4 Model]] space - "Input" vs "Control" in my beloved [[IDEF0]] space Originally I was intending for this note to cover more generalized "100 different words for snow"-types of uses, but I think keeping it [[Systems Thinking]]-focused maybe the better move. Thus perhaps this should have been called "[[Semantic Crowding|Systemic Synonyms]]". **** # More ## Source - self