Pre Production - Cinematographer VS DOP (What's The Difference)

I did a lot of research on wether there was a difference between a cinematographer and a Director of Photography and in the end although a lot of people and experts haver their own way of seeing it, it is exactly the same thing, its just a matter of how you like to be called. I myself rather be called Cinematographer, because for some reason I used to think that DOP was more associate with actually taking pictures which is not really my thing. I think from that moment on I decided I just wanted to be called like that. There is no big reason behind it, there is no difference is just a matter of choice. I found this really nice statement from Director and Cinematographer Jon Swindall from Swindyfilms, which I thought I would leave here in case anyone wants to do a reflection on it.

So what's the difference between Cinematographer and Director of Photography?

I get this question quite often and it's a good  one.  I prefer to be called a cinematographer because that's what I think of myself as being.  But - I know the shorthand of being called a "DP" is ubiquitous in the commercial world.  Who is the DP?  Who's the best DP?  I think we like to shorten things and abbreviate in this day and age so I see the "DP" nomenclature gaining steam.  

Sometimes - I feel a little pretentious calling myself a cinemtographer but then that's what I think of my self as -  I am a recorder of cinema.  I use the tools in my toolbox to paint with the light, and position and move the camera to further the story and create something beautiful.  A recorder of movements - thank you Wikipedia - 

Cinematography (from Greek: κίνημα, kinema "movements" and γράφειν, graphein "to record")

The ASC, the American Soceity of Cinematographers, from the article Hora, John. The American Cinematographer Manual (9 ed.) .defines the role of cinematography as 

"a creative and interpretive process that culminates in the authorship of an original work of art rather than the simple recording of a physical event. Cinematography is not a subcategory of photography. Rather, photography is but one craft that the cinematographer uses in addition to other physical, organizational, managerial, interpretive and image-manipulating techniques to effect one coherent process."

Also - Roger Deakins, a personal hero, has this to say about it:  "when it comes to narrative storytelling I personally prefer to be credited as a Cinematographer. I always saw the relationship between a Director and cameraman as mutual combination of ideas and decisions that overall move the story forward and give the look and feel of a picture. I have worked with plenty of Directors and I'm sure you have done the same that have had an idea of the framing they were looking for when the shot was being set up...or why would there be directors viewfinders? I told him I thought a DP was someone who actually had entire control over how a subject was lit as well as being shot i.e interviews and documentary work.