::::::The reference in an earlier discussion above, to "The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" further reveals your confusion. There use of socialist in USSR suggests that the Soviet also didn't differentiate between these two words, like many Americans. That isn't the case in the rest of the English speaking world, and I presume also many European countries. --[[User:Timber2|Timber2]] ([[User talk:Timber2|talk]]) 20:55, 16 May 2020 (EDT) | ::::::The reference in an earlier discussion above, to "The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" further reveals your confusion. There use of socialist in USSR suggests that the Soviet also didn't differentiate between these two words, like many Americans. That isn't the case in the rest of the English speaking world, and I presume also many European countries. --[[User:Timber2|Timber2]] ([[User talk:Timber2|talk]]) 20:55, 16 May 2020 (EDT) |