Treatise vs Discussion - What's the difference?
treatise | discussion |
A formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject.
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*:“[…] We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps?? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this simple republic??”
*2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
*:And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know.
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, title= Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
Text giving further detail on a subject.
As nouns the difference between treatise and discussion
is that treatise is a formal, usually lengthy, systematic discourse on some subject while discussion is conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.treatise
English
Noun
(en noun)Sarah Glaz
Ode to Prime Numbers, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}
Synonyms
* dissertation * disquisition * monograph * treatment (Informal explanation, usually in essay form.)Anagrams
* * *discussion
English
(wikipedia discussion)Noun
(en noun)- There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".
- This topic is not open to discussion .
- Under each heading, you will find a discussion section.