Persuasion vs Pursue - What's the difference?
persuasion | pursue |
The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc.
* 2006 , Rachel Morris, "Borderline Catastrophe", Washington Monthly , vol. 38:10:
An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone.
* 1928 , "The New Pictures", Time , 13 Feb 1928:
A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief.
One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness.
A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology.
* 2009 , US Catholic (letter), May 2009:
(colloquial) Any group having a specified characteristic or attribute in common.
* 2010 , "We don't need gay stereotypes", The Guardian , 6 Feb 2010:
(obsolete) To follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.
To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
* Wyclif Bible, John xv. 20
* 2009 , Martin Chulov, ‘Iraqi shoe-thrower claims he suffered torture in jail’, The Guardian , 15 Sep 09:
To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
* 2009 , Benjamin Pogrund, ‘Freeze won't hurt Netanyahu’, The Guardian , 1 Dec 09:
To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).
As a noun persuasion
is persuasion.As a verb pursue is
(obsolete|transitive) to follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.persuasion
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(wikipedia persuasion)Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- With the base unleashed, the White House was unable to broker a compromise, either by persuasion or by pressure.
- Sadie curses, weeps, then, infected by Mr. Hamilton's writhing persuasions , prays and becomes penitent.
- It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned.
- As a convert from the Baptist persuasion more than 40 years ago, I still feel like an outsider in the church despite the kindness and acceptance of Catholic friends.
- Social understanding and equality can neither be nurtured through fear, nor intimidation. Surely this goes for people of all sexual persuasions .
Antonyms
* dissuasion * dissuasionDerived terms
* persuade * persuasive * suasion ----pursue
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Verb
(pursu)- The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have pursued' me, they shall ' pursue you also.
- He now feared for his life, and believed US intelligence agents would pursue him.
- Her rival pursued a quite different course.
- He even stands to gain in world terms: his noisy critics strengthen his projected image of a man determined to pursue peace with Palestinians.