What is the difference between "reaction pathway" and "reaction mechanism"? What is the difference between "reaction pathway" and "reaction mechanism"?

Are these expressions synonyms?

Some textbooks authors use both without making clear to the learner if they are synonyms or not.
Usually with the reaction mechanism the sequence of events (electron transfers) is indicated, while the term reaction pathway usually refers to the reaction coordinate diagram associated with the reaction, i.e. the change in energy with an extra notion on the transition states.