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Is there a difference in semantic meaning between the two? And if so, what is it? 

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How is a pseudoconsole different from a pseudoterminal ?

I'm guessing that's just a Microsoftism to make it easier to search/find things that are specifically about Microsoft's flavor of pseudoterminal.

I see they don't use the word "pseudoterminal" at all, but they do mention

ConPTY, or the Windows PTY

where PTY is another synonym/name for pseudoterminal. So I think we're safe in saying that this is talking about a pseudoterminal.

See: https://hyp.is/jNn6dJ1oEeuF_XsoqC5VFg/docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/creating-a-pseudoconsole-session

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