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In Gracie JiuJitsu you have Rear Naked Choke and Triangle Choke and there is a variation on Sode Guruma Jime called Ezekiel Choke. Everything else plus hundreds of other variations are all called 'Choke'. Sometimes EVERYTHING is just called "The Thing You Do".
I've never done BJJ but in reading I have come across lots of other names, including bow and arrow choke, cross choke, guillotine, etc. BJJ has names for lots of things that judo does not also.
Also to answer the original question, sasae tsurikomi ashi and hiza guruma are superficially similar but different throws. As implied by "tsurikomi", sasae tsurikomi ashi has a lifting motion to it, the kuzushi is somewhat upwards and you are blocking the forward motion at the ankle. Hiza guruma uses a wheeling motion about the knee ("guruma" means wheel), the kuzushi is more forward and your body positioning is more to the side. Of course in practice there is a continuum of actions between the two. But the difference is not simply whether you place your foot at the ankle or the knee.
If you learn the various Japanese words that make up the names, you can actually figure out quite a bit about the throw. Most of the names are straight-forward descriptions with a few exceptions.
Neil Gendzwill
Saskatoon Kendo Club