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Decisive vs Convincing - What's the difference?

decisive | convincing |

As adjectives the difference between decisive and convincing

is that decisive is while convincing is effective as proof or evidence.

As a verb convincing is

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decisive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
    • ''A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=November 3 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive .}}
  • Marked by promptness and decision.
    • A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.

    Synonyms

    * decided * positive * conclusive

    Antonyms

    * indecisive

    Derived terms

    * decisively * decisiveness

    Related terms

    * decidable * decided

    References

    * (Webster 1913) * ----

    convincing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Effective as proof or evidence.
    • Our convincing evidence was sufficient in the end to convince the judge.
  • * November 17 2012 , BBC Sport: Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham [http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355]
    • While they have still only suffered one home defeat by Spurs in 19 years, this was not as convincing a victory as the scoreline suggests.

    Verb

    (head)