There are a lot of words that have same meanings but are different. In this case, つつ is more of a writing language, so it's more formal I guess? Seriously speaking though, I've passed N1 at 158/180, but I still don't know a lot of these. You don't really need to.
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日本語お上手ですね
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defintion-wise they're supposed to be the same but from what I hear, they're used differently. x~つつ, y puts emphase on not forgetting to do x while pursuing a greater goal y ~ながら is just the general purpose x while y like be on the phone while driving (ながら運転)
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what I mean is there would never be つつ運転 Dogen knew this but won't tell you. That's the joke.
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im suffering, dogen
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What is the squiggly line even for

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denotes that it follows something like, for example, you know how we end verbs with "ing" to show current action? e.g. running you could say it as "using ~ing with a verb makes it present tense action" kind of meaning
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isn’t 〜ながら used for conversations, while 〜つつ is used for written texts?
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I feel like ながら is always used for simultaneous actions while つつ is not necessarily at the exact same time
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Likewise, the difference between 人々 and 方々 is that one is N3 while the other is N1.
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