24p in 29.97 timeline

Hello Again,
Okay before everyone sighs and moans about the subject heading, maybe it is already too late, this is a question I have not seen covered.
The forum has covered that yes 24p is actually 29.97 fps...okay.
AND, you can thus play it back in a timeline that is 29.97 fps...okay.
My question is...Is there an output difference in playing 24p back in a 29.97 timeline vs. playing it back in a 23.98 timeline (after a cinema tools pulldown or a FCP render with out the pulldown)?
I can not see a large difference between the two on my computer monitor and NTSC TV monitor but I have not outputted the two to DVD and compared to see which one looks more like a COPS episode.
Any insight into this smarter more resourceful people?
I have an official movement to rename this forum as...Slubs(to be pronounced Schhhlubs) Get to Interact with Smarter More Resourceful People Forum

They should look relatively the same, and neither should look like a cops episode. Unless cops went thru a 24p process, but I doubt it.
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