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What, precisely, is the difference?

"Conflict" sounds more civilized and polite, which the Vietnam ... whatever ... definitely was not.

However, while the US Congress authorized the engagement of the military in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, they never formally "declared war". So there is some justification in using a word other than "war" for it, though in practice there's little real difference.

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