Permissibility Of Equivocality And Lies [Tawriah (Double Entendre)]
A lie is blatant and means to deceive or mislead someone. Tawriah on the other hand is to avoid a situation, but not telling a lie. Similarity in some cases does not mean that the nature of both acts are same. They are fundamentally different. It is kind of an excuse that does not make it blatant.
Seeing your sensitivity, you may choose not to use it. As for others, it is a thing in between truth and lies.