Azure Standard stainless steel storage lids (not canning lids) seem to not QUITE fit Ball jars...?

So, on a recommendation from some folks in this group, I started buying Azure Standard jars, and I've been buying their stainless steel storage lids with silicone seal. One thing I noticed when I've been putting these lids on some Ball jars I still have - the lids don't go on quite as smoothly as on the Azure Standard jars. There's a bit of a grinding sound, and they don't screw on quite as deeply as they do on the Azure Standard jars, it seems.

I've called Azure Standard to ask them, but the support person didn't know. She's going to try to find a definitive answer to my question.

Anyone noticed this effect/lack of a perfect fit?