Oratory vs Debate - What's the difference?
oratory | debate |
(uncountable) The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner.
(uncountable) Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing.
(countable) A private chapel.
* Jeremy Taylor
(countable) A large Roman Catholic church.
(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.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-26, author=(Leo Hickman)
, volume=189, issue=7, page=26, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
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, magazine=(American Scientist), title= (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 .
(ambitransitive) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Proverbs xxv. 9
* Tatler
(obsolete) To fight.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
(obsolete) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
* Prescott
(lb) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide
In uncountable terms the difference between oratory and debate
is that oratory is eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing while debate is discussion of opposing views.As a verb debate is
to participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.oratory
English
(wikipedia oratory)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Noun
(-)Synonyms
* (art of public speaking) public speakingEtymology 2
From (etyl) oratorie, (etyl) oratoire, and their source, (etyl) .Noun
(oratories)- Do not omit thy prayers for want of a good oratory , or place to pray in.
debate
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Noun
How algorithms rule the world, passage=The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives. And, as their ubiquity spreads, so too does the debate around whether we should allow ourselves to become so reliant on them – and who, if anyone, is policing their use.}}
Katie L. Burke
In the News, passage=Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis:
Verb
(debat)- a wise council that did debate this business
- Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself.
- He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends.
- Well knew they both his person, sith of late / With him in bloudie armes they rashly did debate .
- 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.
