Discus vs Argue - What's the difference?
discus | argue |
A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
* 2004 , Frank Fitzpatrick, "The amazing story of the first discus medal winner", The Philadelphia Inquirer , August 18,
* 2008 , John Branch, "
(uncountable) The athletics sport of discus throwing.
* 2008 , "
A discus fish.
* 2008 , Carol Roberts, "
(rare, dated) A chakram.
* 1893 , Krishna-Swaipayana Vyasa, translated by K. M. Ganguli, ,
* 1899 , ",
(obsolete) To prove.
To shows grounds for concluding ((that)); to indicate, imply.
* 1910 , , "The Soul of Laploshka", Reginald in Russia :
To debate, disagree or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
To have an argument, a quarrel.
To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
As a noun discus
is a round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.As a verb argue is
to prove.discus
English
(discus throw)Noun
(discuses)- He [
won even though he hadn't ever touched a real discus until just before the event was held.
Estonia's Kanter Celebrates Gold Medal in the Discus His Way", The New York Times , August 23,
- [Gerd] Kanter had agreed to demonstrate his throwing skill on Friday, but rather than bringing his own discuses —he usually travels with about five of them,
Weir lays down marker in Beijing", BBC , September 8,
- And Chris Martin took a silver medal in the discus on the opening day in the Bird's Nest,
History of Discus", North American Discus Association ,
- The main body of the Amazon River is too fast, too deep, and too silt laden for discus .
- And Narayana instantly cut off with his discus the well-adorned head of the Danava who was drinking the Amrita without permission.
- If with a discus with an edge sharp as a razor he should make all the living creatures on the earth one heap, one mass, of flesh,
Synonyms
* (round plate) quoitUsage notes
* Although an alternative latinate plural (disci) is often cited, it is hardly ever used in practice.argue
English
Verb
(argu)- To have killed Laploshka was one thing; to have kept his beloved money would have argued a callousness of feeling of which I was not capable.
- He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China.
- He argued as follows: America should stop Lend-Lease convoying, because it needs to fortify its own Army with the supplies.
- The two boys argued because of disagreement about the science project.
- He argued his point.
- He argued that America should stop Lend-Lease convoying because it needed to fortify its own Army with the supplies.
