The difference between Agitate and Discuss
When used as verbs, agitate means to cause to move with a violent, irregular action, whereas discuss means to converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
check bellow for the other definitions of Agitate and Discuss
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Agitate as a verb (transitive):
To cause to move with a violent, irregular action
Examples:
"the wind agitates the sea"
"to agitate water in a vessel"
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Agitate as a verb (intransitive, rare):
To move or actuate.
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Agitate as a verb (transitive):
To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb
Examples:
"He was greatly agitated by the news."
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Agitate as a verb (transitive):
To discuss with great earnestness; to debate
Examples:
"to agitate a controversial subject"
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Agitate as a verb (transitive):
To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot
Examples:
"politicians agitate desperate designs"
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Discuss as a verb (transitive):
To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
Examples:
"Let's sit down and discuss this rationally."
"I don't wish to discuss this further. Let's talk about something else."
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Discuss as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
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Discuss as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To break to pieces; to shatter.
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Discuss as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To deal with, in eating or drinking.
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Discuss as a verb (transitive, legal):
To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
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Discuss as a verb (obsolete, transitive):
To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.