Argument and Proof

Argument

Argument noun - An often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions.
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Synonyms for Argument

Proof is a synonym for argument in reason topic. In some cases you can use "Proof" instead a noun "Argument", when it comes to topics like evidence, substantiation, effort to convince.

Proof

Proof noun - A formal series of statements showing that if one thing is true something else necessarily follows from it.

Argument is a synonym for proof in reason topic. You can use "Argument" instead a noun "Proof", if it concerns topics such as evidence, substantiation.

Nearby Words: proofed, proofing

How words are described

sound sound argument sound proof
full full argument full proof
best best argument best proof
better better argument better proof
Other adjectives: common, solid, original, legitimate, legal, logical, actual, real, little, main, final, last, biggest.

Both words in one sentence

  • Famously refuted by Carl Sagan with the statement, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence." Based on shifting the burden of proof onto whichever side of the argument you want to lose.
  • Another instance of this is what is sometimes called "argument from mere analogy" — the mistaken belief that because analogy is often used to illustrate proof, therefore analogy is proof.
  • Never My Fault In one point she gets into an argument with a cop over whether she cut off another car or not and is given video proof that she did, yet still insists that the video is inaccurate.
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