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nothing to choose between

nothing to choose between phrase: effectively no difference between.

Phrase

nothing to choose between

  1. effectively no difference between
    • It seems to me that there is nothing to choose between the two men, and, that cases may be put in which reckless indifference to the fate of a person intentionally subjected to deadly injury is, if possible, morally worse than an actual intent to kill.1883, James Fitzjames Stephen, A History of the Criminal Law of England
    • A natural consequence of this view is sheer agnosticism or scepticism: if a news story is totally balanced, there is nothing to choose between the two positions.2012, Communicating Risks to the Public: International Perspectives, page 169

Questions about nothing to choose between

What does nothing to choose between mean?
Nothing to choose between means effectively no difference between.
What part of speech is nothing to choose between?
Nothing to choose between is a phrase.

Words near nothing to choose between in the dictionary

  1. nothing sandwich
  2. nothing sandwiches
  3. nothing short of
  4. nothing special
  5. nothing succeeds like success
  6. nothing to choose between
  7. nothing to it
  8. nothing to see
  9. nothing to see here
  10. nothing to sneeze at
  11. nothing to sniff at

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