What is the difference between a map and a dictionary?

I know a map is a data structure that maps keys to values. Isn’t a dictionary the same? What is the difference between a map and a dictionary1?



1. I am not asking for how they are defined in language X or Y (which seems to be what generally people are asking here on SO), I want to know what is their difference in theory.

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