this is the argument as used in the study of logic, not a verbal fight that you might hear between 2 people arguing. for example, Wife: “I hate you!” Husband: “but why?” wife: “I just do” is an example of a quarrell.

Teacher: “now class, Aristotle wrote ‘All men are mortal. Socrates is a man. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.’ so what was Aristotle’s argument?” Teacher’s pet: “he argued that because it is known that men are mortal, and socrates was ineed a man, he had to have been mortal. ”

in that example there are 2 premises and one conclusion. moreover the premises are offered in support for the conclusion. it is not enough just to give any number of random premises and then state your conclusion, the conclusion has to logically follow from the premises. Premise 1: Today is Thursday. Premise 2: I like Pizza. Conclusion: Therefore Socrates is mortal. That is not an argument. Ok, it is, but it is a very bad one. It is what we call an invalid argument, because the premises do not support the conclusion, even though all premises and the conclusion are true. Aristotle’s argument is on the other hand valid. A valid argument is said to be one that the truth of the premises gurantees the conclusion. i.e. it is impossible for the premises to all be true and the conclusion false. notice that an argument does not requre true premises for it to be valid. it is the reasoning in question. a valid arguement that has all true premises is said to be sound. therefore, Aristotle’s argument is sound.

But an “argument” can also be:

one or more premises that are thought to yield a conclusion.

For example:

Premise 1: The victim was shot with a high powered rifle by someone in the house.

Premise 2: Only Alan, Mike, and Sara were in the house at the time the victim was shot.

Premise 3: Of all three people in the house, only Alan knows how to operate a high powered rifle.

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Conclusion: Alan shot the victim.

But usually, when people say that somone is “argumentative” they mean the person likes to argue. Which sense of the word? Sometimes in the latter sense of the word. Usually never the former.

But sometimes they simply mean the person is “oppositional” — they will take the other side of any issue, no matter what the issue is. Or they like to debate because they get a kick out of it.

Argumentative is an adjective (a word used to describe a noun). It means that you like to argue; You’re combative or quarrelsome.

if you say someone is “arguementative”.. that means they are prone to arguing or debating any subject you throw at them.

Why don’t you go to google and type in define:argumentative .