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Re:Why I’m Giving $1.8B for College Financial Aid by Retric on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:26PM (#18491420)
IRS considers debt forgiveness income. https://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc431.

So, legally they are the same thing.

PS: Though with various caviots as the law is never that simple.

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