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A block cipher is a family of permutations where the key selects a particular permutation from that family. With a tweakable bockcipher both key and tweak are used to select a permuation. So tweak and key are pretty similar.
The main difference are the security and performance requirements for a tweak:
Changing a key can be expensive, changing a tweak ...
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