Well, language is a constantly evolving tool. New words come in and take the place of older ones as time goes on. I'm sure if someone did the history on the two words, they would find they came from two dialects or perhaps two different languages that got co-opted into English.
Still... this the the same thing I periodically whine about concerning the word "utilize". "Utilize" is a truely useless word. The only people who use it are those trying to sound smart, and they usually use it incorrectly.
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