Difference between PDFmaker/distiller and print-to-PDF

When I create a PDF from within MS Word either through the File > Print menu, or through the Adobe PDF > Convert to Adobe PDF menu (i.e. PDFmaker?) I end up with subtly different results, despite using exactly the same joboptions file.  Why is this?!
Samples are attached.
In the first pair, the text glyph placement differs.
In the second pair (see following), the dotted circle outlines are different.  [Also the leftmost grey table border is claimed to be different, although I can't pick the difference by eye.]
(Adobe identifies the problems through Acrobat's Document > Compare Documents menu — set for detailed analysis of page-by-page visual differences — although for the character positioning it's a bit subjective, I think.)
Tip:  you have to zoom in a lot to see these on screen.
Thesis_ExtraPages-PDF2—HRdEM.pdf
Thesis_ExtraPages-PDF2—HRpEM.pdf
p = printed to PDF
d = "distilled" (PDFMaker)

Hi Bill@VT,
  you may well be correct in your comments, but I don't yet see the connection to my question.  This could be partly due to my loose/incorrect use of the terminology.
  To clarify:
* The two PDF file types were both created directly from within MS Word;  one just printing, after setting Adobe PDF as the printer, and the other going through the extra Adobe menu (which would be equivalent to clicking the toolbar icon, I believe).
* I realise there are lots of settings relating to bookmarks, metadata, etc. that only apply to the second route above.  My query is not about such differences.
* With regard to the settings that are common to both routes, I set them to be identical (in theory) by selecting the same joboptions profile/file.
* The differences I see and/or that Adobe Acrobat identifies are visual differences.  (At least on screen.)
In fact, from your explanation that both of the above two routes use the Adobe PDF printer (and neither use the Distiller), I am even more puzzled as to how visual differences can arise.
—DIV

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