Do you respond differently to the term "nontheist" than you do to "atheist"?

Atheist seems more to-the-point... Atheist literally means "No-God" since Theos was the Greek word for God, thus Theist means, in essence, Godist. A-theist means no-Godist, literally. non-theist.... it could mean a disbelief in God but not so much a "there is no God" statement..... non-theist just seems more agnostic.