One is force pulse and the other is a force smash. While they might have a short range they aren't saber attacks. The only one that was saber based was the thing about double bladed sabers.

People already have the wrong impression of the consular. They aren't a stand in the back and cast spell/force abilities class per say but rather a jack of all trades. They are more like a control class where they can melee and they can range but they get to choose which and when it best suits them.

Well then BioWare needs to stop literally saying "they might like to hang back a bit..."

As far as I can tell, if you wanted to play a Jedi, there's no reason to play the Jedi Knight. The Jedi Consular has everything you were familiar about in the movies.

They made a mistake making 4 force user classes.

So that basement-dwellers with nothing better to do can stress over this minor of all minutiae.