If the two kinds share self-worth as their single 'organizing motif,' the conceptual work distinguishing them is insufficient to establish genuine categorical difference rather than mere variation in degree.

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Categorical difference(as contrasted with merely temporal difference): A fundamental, essential difference in type or kind between things, rather than just a difference in degree or timing.
Sufficient: # Sufficient Something is sufficient when it is enough to achieve a goal or make something true. For example, having a valid driver's license is sufficient to legally drive a car—you don't need anything else. In everyday language, we use "sufficient" to mean "adequate" or "meeting the minimum requirement needed."
conceptual work(as used in philosophy methodology): The intellectual effort of defining terms clearly and making logical distinctions between ideas to prove a philosophical point.
mere variation in degree(as used in metaphysics): A difference that's only about how much of something there is, not what kind of thing it is—like how a small cup and a large cup are both cups, just different sizes.

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