What is the difference between these two Django Q-based queries: - django

Question

Assuming a simple model like this:
class Item(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=10)
class Relation(models.Model):
item = models.ForeignKey(Item)
weight = models.IntegerField()
And a couple of Q objects like this:
some = Q(relation__x__gt=3)
others = Q(relation__x=7)
What is the semantic difference between:
first = Item.objects.filter(some, ~others)
and
second = Item.objects.filter(some).exclude(others)
NOTE: Querying through the relation appears to be different than querying a single simple object. The SQL generated for the two above queries is different.
Here's the generated SQL for first:
SELECT "item_item"."id", "item_item"."name"
FROM "item_item"
INNER JOIN "item_relation"
ON ("item_item"."id" = "item_relation"."item_id")
WHERE ("item_relation"."weight" > 3
AND NOT ("item_item"."id" IN
(SELECT U1."item_id"
FROM "item_relation" U1
WHERE (U1."weight" = 7 AND U1."item_id" IS NOT NULL))))
And the SQL for second:
SELECT "item_item"."id", "item_item"."name"
FROM "item_item"
INNER JOIN "item_relation"
ON ("item_item"."id" = "item_relation"."item_id")
INNER JOIN "item_relation" T3
ON ("item_item"."id" = T3."item_id")
WHERE ("item_relation"."weight" > 3 AND NOT (T3."weight" = 7 ))