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Not so fast....
Note I did not say what do you want to argument?
I used the word debate as an verb, but no matter, take your pick
it matters little.
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debate
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de·bate (dĭ-bāt′
v. de·bat·ed, de·bat·ing, de·bates
v.intr.
1. To consider something; deliberate.
2. To engage in argument by discussing opposing points.
3. To engage in a formal discussion or argument. See Synonyms at discuss.
4. Obsolete To fight or quarrel.
v.tr.
1. To deliberate on; consider.
2. To dispute or argue about.
3. To discuss or argue (a question, for example) formally.
4. Obsolete To fight or argue for or over.
n.
1. A discussion involving opposing points; an argument.
2. Deliberation; consideration: passed the motion with little debate.
3. A formal contest of argumentation in which two opposing teams defend and attack a given proposition.
4. Obsolete Conflict; strife.
[Middle English debaten, from Old French debatre : de-, de- + battre, to beat; see batter1.]
There is no difference here!
Not nesessarily does a debate have a winner.
Perhaps in some formal debates there are formal rules
and a winner decided. But I did not use the word formal
before the word debate.
If you wanted to start an argument and engaged with someone,
as we did, as soon as it extends it becomes an (informal) debate by default
= argument. Because we cannot both have your argument and disagree.
That would not be logical.
Think this qualifies as a debate very easily since it is on a public platform
with guidelines and rules where others are not barred from adding their
own thoughts.
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From differencebetween.net:
A debate, as a noun, is understood as a formal discussion between people or groups of people that is regulated. Interestingly, debates are considered based on arguments, which are lines of reasoning, support or evidence about a subject. However, a debate has the feeling of a larger, longer or more formal discussion. A formal debate may even be judged by a person or a panel of people, with one side winning the debate by providing the best lines of reasoning or support for the issue.
A debate has also come to have a meaning similar to an argument in the negative sense in colloquial English in modern usage. For example you may hear someone say, The child had an all-out debate with his mother about not eating his peas. In this less formal usage, the word debate is used to show the discussion or disagreement was more involved or longer than a normal argument, or perhaps less emotional or passionately angry. Debate carries the idea of more intellectual discussion about disagreement when used this way, as opposed to argument, which implies a more emotion driven quarrel.
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I disagree. There is a level of emotional content present in an argument, and an expectation of reasoning present in a debate. I've never heard of an argument between two toddlers described as a debate...and with good reason.
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