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

  1. Argument as a noun:

    A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.

  2. Argument as a noun:

    A verbal dispute; a quarrel.

  3. Argument as a noun:

    A process of reasoning.

  4. 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.

  5. Argument as a noun (mathematics):

    The independent variable of a function.

  6. Argument as a noun (mathematics):

    The phase of a complex number.

  7. 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."

  8. Argument as a noun (programming):

    A parameter in a function definition; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.

  9. Argument as a noun (linguistics):

    Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.

  10. Argument as a noun (astronomy):

    The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.

    Examples:

    "The altitude is the argument of the refraction."

  11. 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.

  12. Argument as a noun:

    Matter for question; business in hand.

  1. Argument as a verb:

    To put forward as an argument; to argue.

  1. Proposition as a noun (uncountable):

    The act of offering (an idea) for consideration.

  2. Proposition as a noun (countable):

    An idea or a plan offered.

  3. Proposition as a noun (countable, business settings):

    The terms of a transaction offered.

  4. Proposition as a noun (countable, US, politics):

    In some states, a proposed statute or constitutional amendment to be voted on by the electorate.

  5. Proposition as a noun (grammar):

    A complete sentence.

  6. 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."

  7. Proposition as a noun (countable, mathematics):

    An assertion so formulated that it can be considered true or false.

  8. Proposition as a noun (countable, mathematics):

    An assertion which is provably true, but not important enough to be called a theorem.

  9. Proposition as a noun:

    A statement of religious doctrine; an article of faith; creed.

    Examples:

    "the propositions of Wyclif and Huss"

  10. Proposition as a noun (poetry):

    The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.

  1. Proposition as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To make a suggestion of sexual intercourse to (someone with whom one is not sexually involved).

  2. Proposition as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To make an offer or suggestion to (someone).