When can "creating" and "declaring" be used synonymously?

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Once in a while you stumble over a technical article where "creating" and "declaring" are used synonymously.

E.g.

declares an array of ints

creates an array of ints

But aren't declaring and creating two different things? Or does it depend on the context?

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