Debate vs Emulation - What's the difference?

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Debate is a related term of emulation.

As nouns the difference between debate and emulation

is that debate is (obsolete) strife, discord while emulation is rivalry, competition.

As a verb debate

is (ambitransitive) to participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.

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.

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(uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.

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(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

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emulation

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)

The endeavor or desire to equal or excel someone else in qualities or actions.

... is a great figure who is worthy of respect and emulation .

(obsolete) Jealous rivalry; envy; envious contention.

*, New York Review Books 2001, p.263:

*:Scarce two gentlemen dwell together in the country […], but there is emulation betwixt them and their servants, some quarrel or some grudge betwixt their wives or children […].

(computing) Running a program or other software designed for a different system.