Debate vs Colloquy - What's the difference?
debate | colloquy |
(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= (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (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 .
(ambitransitive) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Proverbs xxv. 9
* Tatler
(obsolete) To fight.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
(obsolete) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
* Prescott
(lb) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
A conversation or dialogue.
* 1897 , Henry James, What Maisie Knew :
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(obsolete) A formal conference.
(Christianity) A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
A written discourse.
(legal) A discussion during a trial in which a judge ensures that the defendant understands what is taking place in the trial and what their rights are.
* {{quote-book, passage=At the end of the colloquy , Judge Spicer asked Carr whether anyone had "pressured" him into accepting the deal.
, title=The Whole Truth?: A Case of Murder on the Appalachian Trail
, page=193
, author=H. L. Pohlman
, pageurl=http://books.google.ca/books?id=El-CypXgpbwC&pg=PA193&dq=colloquy+judge&as_brr=0&cd=6&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=colloquy%20judge&f=false
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In obsolete terms the difference between debate and colloquy
is that debate is strife, discord while colloquy is a formal conference.As a verb debate
is to participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.debate
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Noun
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.}}
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In the News, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:
Verb
(debat)- a wise council that did debate this business
- Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself.
- He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends.
- Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate .
- 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.
Derived terms
* debaterExternal links
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English
Noun
(wikipedia colloquy) (colloquies)- And she repeated the free caress into which her colloquies with Maisie almost always broke and which made the child feel that her affection at least was a gage of safety.