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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AlexC" data-source="post: 2035449" data-attributes="member: 211104">and where is the line, if there is one, between that and debating? Here's the definitions:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ar·gue  /'?rgyu/  [ahr-gyoo]  -gued, -gu·ing.–verb (used without object)1. to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.2. to contend in oral disagreement; dispute: The Senator argued with the President about the new tax bill.–verb (used with object)3. to state the reasons for or against: The lawyers argued the case.4. to maintain in reasoning: to argue that the news report must be wrong.5. to persuade, drive, etc., by reasoning: to argue someone out of a plan.6. to show; prove; imply; indicate: His clothes argue poverty.Origin:1275–1325; ME < AF, OF arguer < L argutare, -ari, freq. of arguere to prove, assert, accuse (ML: argue, reason), though L freq. form attested only in sense “babble, chatter”Related forms:ar·gu·er, noun (HAHA, I looove the Latin form lol)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------de·bate  /d?'be?t/  [di-beyt]  verb, -bat·ed, -bat·ing.–noun1. a discussion, as of a public question in an assembly, involving opposing viewpoints: a debate in the Senate on farm price supports.2. a formal contest in which the affirmative and negative sides of a proposition are advocated by opposing speakers.3. deliberation; consideration.4. Archaic. strife; contention.–verb (used without object)5. to engage in argument or discussion, as in a legislative or public assembly: When we left, the men were still debating.6. to participate in a formal debate.7. to deliberate; consider: I debated with myself whether to tell them the truth or not.8. Obsolete. to fight; quarrel.–verb (used with object)9. to argue or discuss (a question, issue, or the like), as in a legislative or public assembly: They debated the matter of free will.10. to dispute or disagree about: The homeowners debated the value of a road on the island.11. to engage in formal argumentation or disputation with (another person, group, etc.): Jones will debate Smith. Harvard will debate Princeton.12. to deliberate upon; consider: He debated his decision in the matter.13. Archaic. to contend for or over.Origin:1250–1300; (v.) ME debaten < OF debatre, equiv. to de- de- + batre to beat < L battere, earlier battuere; (n.) ME debat < OF, deriv. of debatreRelated forms:de·bat·er, nounde·bat·ing·ly, adverb LET THE DISCUSSION BEGIN!!!</blockquote>

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