Argument vs. Disagreement

Argument vs. Disagreement — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Argument and Disagreement

Argumentnoun

A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

Disagreementnoun

An argument or debate.

They had a bit of a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a compromise.

Argumentnoun

A verbal dispute; a quarrel.

Disagreementnoun

A condition of not agreeing or concurring.

The theory shows considerable disagreement with the data.

Argumentnoun

A process of reasoning.

Disagreementnoun

a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters

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Argumentnoun

A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.

Disagreementnoun

a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions;

a growing divergence of opinion

Argumentnoun

(mathematics) The independent variable of a function.

Disagreementnoun

the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing

Argumentnoun

(mathematics) The phase of a complex number.

Argumentnoun

(programming) A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.

Parameters are like labeled fillable blanks used to define a function whereas arguments are passed to a function when calling it, filling in those blanks.
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Argumentnoun

(programming) A parameter in a function definition; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.

Argumentnoun

(linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.

Argumentnoun

(astronomy) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.

The altitude is the argument of the refraction.

Argumentnoun

The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.

Argumentnoun

Matter for question; business in hand.

Argumentverb

To put forward as an argument; to argue.

Argumentnoun

a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true;

it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true

Argumentnoun

a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement;

they were involved in a violent argument

Argumentnoun

a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal;

the argument over foreign aid goes on and on

Argumentnoun

a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie;

the editor added the argument to the poem

Argumentnoun

a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable