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This gets problematic as both are called the same, but are quite different.

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    I used to refer to them as entity.module and entity.inc. Thanks D8 for ruining that! :)
    – tim.plunkett Mod
    Commented Oct 26, 2011 at 1:18

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Since Drupal 8 doesn't have anymore a module called entity.module, there isn't any conflict problem.

Even in the case entity.module would be re-introduced in a Drupal version, we can still use for the Entity API introduced in Drupal 7, and for any questions about the entity code present in Drupal (whatever the code is present in entity.inc, or entity.module).

For the Entity API module, there is the which has the following excerpt:

The Entity API module is a third-party module that extends the Entity API implemented in Drupal 7. For questions about the Entity API, use "entity-api."

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    If the entity project needs to exist in D8 we all have failed.
    – user49
    Commented Oct 27, 2011 at 6:28
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The term "API" both refers to the API in core, and also happens to be the name of the contrib module. That is the source of confusion, so to fix the confusion we get rid of the term.

How about entity-core and entity-module?

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