One of the great things about English is it's got so so many words nearly meaning the same but with subtle differences in how and when they fit.

Albeit and although are cases in point.

Cutting down this kind of proliferation of language would be cultural and linguistic vandalism. and that goes for trying to stop the process continuing - though it can't be done anyway.

What's a bit different is when we attempt to preserve those kinds of subtle differences, as when we might object to blurring the difference between rebut and refute.