different between argue vs fratch

English

Etymology

From Middle English arguen, from Old French arguer, from Latin arguere (“to declare, show, prove, make clear, reprove, accuse”), q.v. for more.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???.?ju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.?ju/

Verb

argue (third-person singular simple present argues, present participle arguing, simple past and past participle argued)

1. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
2. (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.

3. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
4. (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

5. (obsolete, transitive) To prove.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To accuse.

Derived terms

Related terms

• argument
• argumentative
• argumentation

Translations

Further reading

• argue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• argue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Gauer, Graue, auger, augre, rugae

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.?y/

Verb

argue

1. first-person singular present indicative of arguer
2. third-person singular present indicative of arguer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of arguer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of arguer
5. second-person singular imperative of arguer

Anagrams

• auger, Auger
• urgea

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ar.?u.e/, [?är?u?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ar.?u.e/, [??r?u?]

Verb

argue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of argu?

English

Etymology

From Middle English fracchen (“to make a harsh or strident noise; creak”). Cognate with Scots fratch (“to quarrel”).

Noun

fratch (plural fratches)

1. (Britain) A dispute, a quarrel; a fight or brawl.
   • 1854, Charles Dickens, Hard Times

     I ha' never had no fratch afore, sin ever I were born, wi' any o' my like; Gonnows I ha' none now that's o' my makin'.

Derived terms

• fratchety
• fratchy

Verb

fratch (third-person singular simple present fratches, present participle fratching, simple past and past participle fratched)

1. (Britain, Yorkshire) To argue, to quarrel; to fight.

References

• Middle English Dictionary, Hans Kurath, 2001, University of Michigan Press.
• Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Walter W. Skeat, 1998, Wordsworth Editions Ltd.