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Sorta like linear vs. circular polarization in radio transmissions?
In the sense that it's two different but similar states.
I'm pretty sure we can say it's not actually spin now. Electrons have a charge and a magnetic field. If they are charged and spinning that world generate a magnetic field. So spin was used to describe the orientation of the field. The name for the state stuck