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What is the difference between argumentative and discursive?

argumentative | discursive |

As adjectives the difference between argumentative and discursive

is that argumentative is prone to argue or dispute while discursive is (of speech or writing) tending to digress from the main point; rambling.

argumentative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Prone to argue or dispute

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    () * argue * arguer * arguable * argument * argumentation

    See also

    * disputatious * dispute

    External links

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    discursive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
  • *
    • This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
  • (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.

    • Derived terms

    * counterdiscursive

    See also

    * discourse ----