No, I think Chill Mike is right, it's splitting hairs.
Clipping is clipping, if you've mastered it loud enough to clip, then you're losing dynamics that you shouldn't be losing.
So parsing the difference between degrees of clipping, I have no use for that.
Fucking master the thing properly, no clipping at all.
And that's not going to happen with a major label release. They want it loud.
The lower end can be allowed more breathing room (Boots vs Vertigo) but it's still a crappy sound. Most people won't care or notice but this does seem to be an audiophile topic.