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Debate vs Canvass - What's the difference?

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Canvass is a synonym of debate.



As nouns the difference between debate and canvass

is that debate is strife, discord while canvass is a solicitation of voters or public opinion.

As verbs the difference between debate and canvass

is that debate is to participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena while canvass is to solicit voters, opinions, etc. from; to go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses.

debate

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) Strife, discord.
  • An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
  • An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
  • , volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= How algorithms rule the world , passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
  • (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:
  • (Frequently in French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation, commonly found in the vernacular medieval poetry of many European countries, as well as in .
  • Verb

    (debat)
  • (ambitransitive) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
  • * Shakespeare
  • a wise council that did debate this business
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxv. 9
  • Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself.
  • * Tatler
  • He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends.
  • (obsolete) To fight.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
  • Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate .
  • (obsolete) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
  • * Prescott
  • Volunteers thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardour in Spain as on the plains of Palestine.
  • (lb) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
  • Derived terms

    * debater

    Anagrams

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    canvass

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A solicitation of voters or public opinion.
  • Verb

    (es)
  • To solicit voters, opinions, etc. from; to go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses.
  • to canvass''' a district for votes; to '''canvass a city for subscriptions
  • To conduct a survey.
  • To campaign.
  • To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize.
  • to canvass''' the votes cast at an election; to '''canvass a district with reference to its probable vote
  • * Woodward
  • I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence.
  • To examine by discussion; to debate.
  • * Sir W. Hamilton
  • an opinion that we are likely soon to canvass

    Quotations

    * 1920 , in the Classical Journal , volume 15, page 242: *: Some hunt "ponies" unrelentingly, others protest at intervals, most, perhaps, ignore the matter unless it is insolently forced upon their attention. How old this question was and how thoughtfully it had been canvassed we were not aware * 2001 , , Middle Age: A Romance , page 5 *: Adam Berendt, who canvassed through Rockland County on behalf of education, environmental, and gun control bond issues.