It’s semantics and tradition mostly. I’m not here to argue semantics. I’m here to help students and prospective students make informed decisions. In the vast majority of cases, if you apply to a job asking for a BS in engineering but your degree is in engineering technology, your application is getting trashed. I wouldn’t be surprised if the converse was also true.
Even if they, in some jurisdictions, can both claim the title of “engineer”, that doesn’t make the degrees and resulting career paths equivalent.
I am in no way attempting to imply one is superior to the other. They are simply different and play mostly different roles.