Debate and Matter

Debate

Debate noun - A careful weighing of the reasons for or against something.

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Matter and debate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Matter" instead a noun "Debate".

Nearby Words: debated, debatable, debater, debating

Matter noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).

Usage example: that is not relevant to the matter under discussion

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Debate and matter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Debate" instead a noun "Matter".

Nearby Words: mattered, mattery, mattering

similar	similar debate	similar matter
normal	normal debate	normal matter
current	current debate	current matter
free	free debate	free matter
Other adjectives: heavy, actual, entire, real, great, serious, little, interesting, internal, new, general.

debate people

matter people

Whether or not the Home Counties are synonymous with the South East is a matter of debate although the South East usually includes London whilst the Home Counties doesn't.

Source: Useful Notes / Home Counties
His brother was the only IDF fatality in the hostage rescue at Entebbe; quite how much this affects his world view is a matter for debate.

Source: Useful Notes / Benjamin Netanyahu
Whether this line was meant metaphorically or literally is, like many things of the Bible, a matter of debate.

Source: Taken for Granite

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