Any subtle differences in meaning or respect? Which is more common?

Or is it just another one of those words like やはり/やっぱり/やぱり,
しょうがない/しかたない、あんまり/あまり etc. with no difference at all other than preference or
regional dialect.

If it's one of these words. IS there a name for these interchangeable words
that don't really seem particularly affected by the region to cause
variations?
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Is there a difference between 嘘つき and 嘘つけ ？
They are very different.

`嘘つき` is simply "liar", a noun [formed from the masu-
stem](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/32311/5010), which can also be used
to blame someone in front of you.

`嘘つけ` is not a noun, but a contraction of `嘘をつけ`, where つけ is the imperative
form of the verb つく. This appears to mean "Tell some lie", but actually
[`嘘つけ!` is as an idiomatic set
expression](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/18243/5010) that means
"You're lying!" or "You must be kidding!" If I understand correctly, this is
in the same vein as "Move, and you're a dead man" always effectively means
"Don't move" in English. You can also compare this to how "Come on!" in
English is used to both encourage and discourage something. Since this is not
a noun, you cannot say ×嘘つけになるな nor ×お前は嘘つけだ.

Now, `嘘つき!` and `嘘つけ!` are similar, but the latter can sound less serious
depending on the context and your facial expression, whereas the former is
almost always serious and accusatory. If you say `嘘つけ!` to your friend with a
laugh, it sounds just like English "(Ha ha,) come on!" that is said after
someone said something funny.
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