to me, they seem the same, but surely there’s a subtle nuance.

like, for example, i’ve heard: “i thought he died.” and “i thought he was dead” and they seem like synonyms.

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    11 days ago

    Interesting, as an ESL speaker of US English (for several decades nonetheless) the timing sounds the reverse for me:

    “I thought he died” seems to imply the death was recent, and “I thought he was dead” implies the death happened some time ago.