Argue vs Altercation - What's the difference?
argue | altercation |
(obsolete) To prove.
To shows grounds for concluding ((that)); to indicate, imply.
* 1910 , , "The Soul of Laploshka", Reginald in Russia :
To debate, disagree or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
To have an argument, a quarrel.
To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
* (rfdate), Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear
As a verb argue
is .As a noun altercation is
warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.argue
English
Verb
(argu)- To have killed Laploshka was one thing; to have kept his beloved money would have argued a callousness of feeling of which I was not capable.
- He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China.
- He argued as follows: America should stop Lend-Lease convoying, because it needs to fortify its own Army with the supplies.
- The two boys argued because of disagreement about the science project.
- He argued his point.
- He argued that America should stop Lend-Lease convoying because it needed to fortify its own Army with the supplies.
Derived terms
* argie-bargie * argle-bargle * arguable * argue the toss * arguer * argy-bargyExternal links
* *Anagrams
* English reporting verbs ----altercation
English
Noun
(en noun)- "What the hell is it to you who are my friends?" roared McMurdo in a voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the altercation .
