Jesus took care of the hair splitting when He said that lust was adultery and hatred was murder.
Humans like to classify them differently, thinking there’s some credit due people for not acting on the sin, but since God sees the heart, He sees the sin anyway.
The only reason I can see why people like to think that their sin is less bad is that they somehow think that they’re then less likely to end up in hell.
“The only reason I can see why people like to think that their sin is less bad is that they somehow think that they’re then less likely to end up in hell.”
Or that maybe God will overlook them for a while longer, like He is too busy dealing with all the “serious” sins to bother with you.