what's the difference vs who cares

what's the difference

phrase
  • The difference does not matter; so what? 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see what, is, the, difference. 

who cares

phrase
  • A reply that diminishes the importance of another speaker's immediately preceding statement. 

  • A reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement, indicating indifference on the part of the speaker. 

How often have the words what's the difference and who cares occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )