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I will repeat there are no 2 words that mean the same exact thing every word has a translation although translating it into another language poses difficulties. Yes sometimes there are 2 words that have similar meanings in certain contexts. Lets take your example. Cheirus means fresdom. However dror does not actually mean freedom even though artscroll and others may translate it that way because at the end of the day ws are referring to liberty. The word Dror means return or revert (see Rav Hirsch chumash in depth) . He says dror here means “Persons and property revert to where they naturally belong (man to his family and property to original owner).