The difference between Argument and Proposition
When used as nouns, argument means a fact or statement used to support a proposition, whereas proposition means the act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
When used as verbs, argument means to put forward as an argument, whereas proposition means to make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
check bellow for the other definitions of Argument and Proposition
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Argument as a noun:
A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
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Argument as a noun:
A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
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Argument as a noun:
A process of reasoning.
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Argument as a noun (philosophy, logic):
A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
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Argument as a noun (mathematics):
The independent variable of a function.
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Argument as a noun (mathematics):
The phase of a complex number.
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Argument as a noun (programming):
A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.
Examples:
"Parameters are like labeled fillable blanks used to define a function whereas arguments are passed to a function when calling it, filling in those blanks."
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Argument as a noun (programming):
A parameter in a function definition; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
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Argument as a noun (linguistics):
Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
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Argument as a noun (astronomy):
The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.
Examples:
"The altitude is the argument of the refraction."
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Argument as a noun:
The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
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Argument as a noun:
Matter for question; business in hand.
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Argument as a verb:
To put forward as an argument; to argue.
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Proposition as a noun (uncountable):
The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.
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Proposition as a noun (countable):
An idea or a plan offered.
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Proposition as a noun (countable, business settings):
The terms of a transaction offered.
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Proposition as a noun (countable, US, politics):
In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.
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Proposition as a noun (grammar):
A complete sentence.
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Proposition as a noun (countable, logic):
The content of an assertion that may be taken as being true or false and is considered abstractly without reference to the linguistic sentence that constitutes the assertion; a predicate of a subject that is denied or affirmed and connected by a copula.
Examples:
"“'Wiktionary is a good dictionary' is a proposition” is a proposition."
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Proposition as a noun (countable, mathematics):
An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.
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Proposition as a noun (countable, mathematics):
An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.
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Proposition as a noun:
A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.
Examples:
"the propositions of Wyclif and Huss"
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Proposition as a noun (poetry):
The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
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Proposition as a verb (transitive, informal):
To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).
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Proposition as a verb (transitive, informal):
To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).