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Explaining vs Arguing - What's the difference?

explaining | arguing |

As verbs the difference between explaining and arguing

is that explaining is while arguing is .

As nouns the difference between explaining and arguing

is that explaining is explanation while arguing is argument.

explaining

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • explanation
    • You've got some explaining to do!
  • * 1973 , Abraham Kaplan, The conduct of inquiry (page 327)
    • Among these various explainings there is one set which it is comparatively easy to distinguish. I call it semantic explanation: making clear a meaning.

    arguing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • argument
  • * Thomas Carlyle
    • The then Coburg Line died out in 1678, upon which arose great arguings as to who should inherit