Is there a difference between "being considered" and "being processed"?

I am on week 17 now of waiting for my FLR to be issued.  That's four months this week!  I've called a couple of times and have been told simply that my app was being considered and they could tell me nothing further.  Today I was told that my app was being processed and there was nothing more they could tell me.  Before I get my hopes up that it may actually be being "processed", is this just another way of them telling me the same old thing?

Yeah, it means the same thing in IEB speak.  They only know if the application is "in progress" from the Case Management System.