>>21696286They have different colors, different faces, patterns (or lack thereof), design elements that set them apart (Vaporeon's frill, Sylveon's ribbons, Jolteon's spikes, etc), and similar but still different eyes. To pretend otherwise is just being stubborn. The kami in their incarnate formes have the same patterns but in different colors, the same face, the same cloud, and in the sprites, they don't even have different poses.
That said, Sylveon sucks. Worst Eeveelution.