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Statement vs Discussion - What's the difference?

statement | discussion |

As nouns the difference between statement and discussion

is that statement is a declaration or remark while discussion is conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.

As a verb statement

is to provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

statement

English

Etymology 1

From .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A declaration or remark.
  • A presentation of opinion or position.
  • (finance) A document that summarizes financial activity.
    • a bank statement
  • (computing) An instruction in a computer program.
    • Synonyms
    * See also
    Derived terms
    * environmental impact statement * fashion statement * financial statement * impact statement * mission statement * statemental * victim impact statement * vision statement

    Etymology 2

    and statemented

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide an official document of a proposition, especially in the UK a Statement of Special Educational Needs.

    • See also

    * (projectlink)

    External links

    * *

    Anagrams

    *

    discussion

    English

    (wikipedia discussion)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
    • There was then a long discussion of whether to capitalize words like "east".
    This topic is not open to discussion .
  • Text giving further detail on a subject.
    • Under each heading, you will find a discussion section.

    Related terms

    * discuss