Problem: (1) She was Catholic and he was a Jewish .
(2) She was Jewish and he was Catholic .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: no

Problem: (1) The Austrian School theorizes that the subjective choices of individuals including individual knowledge , time , expectation , and other subjective factors , cause all economic phenomena .
(2) The Austrian school assumes that the subjective choices of individuals , including individual knowledge , time , expectations , and other subjective factors , cause all economic phenomena .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: yes

Problem: (1) In 1855 , the Republican Party and the Whig Party merged in New York to found the Anti-Nebraska Party .
(2) In 1855 , the Whig Party and the Anti - Nebraska Party in New York merged to form the Republican Party .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A: no

Problem: (1) The port of Supparaka is either modern Sopara near Bharukaccha or modern Bharukh , or Vasai near Mumbai , about 290 kilometers south of Bharukaccha .
(2) The port of Supparaka is either modern Sopara near Bharukaccha or modern Mumbai near Bharuch or Vasai about 290 kilometers south of Bharukaccha .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?
A:
no