Insist vs. Argue — What's the Difference?

To be resolute or firm in a demand or course

To put forth reasons for or against; debate

To assert or demand (something) firmly or persistently

To attempt to prove by reasoning; maintain or contend

(with on or upon or (that + ordinary verb form)) To hold up a claim emphatically.

To give evidence of; indicate

To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.

To persuade or influence (another), as by presenting reasons

To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).

To put forth reasons for or against something

To stand or rest; to find support; - with in, on, or upon.

To engage in a quarrel; dispute

To take a stand and refuse to give way; to hold to something firmly or determinedly; to be persistent, urgent, or pressing; to persist in demanding; - followed by on, upon, or that; as, he insisted on these conditions; he insisted on going at once; he insists that he must have money.

To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.

Be insistent and refuse to budge;

(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.

Beg persistently and urgently;

(intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.

Assert to be true;

(transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

To prove.

To accuse.

To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; - followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him.

To debate or discuss; to treat by reasoning; as, the counsel argued the cause before a full court; the cause was well argued.

To prove or evince; too manifest or exhibit by inference, deduction, or reasoning.

To persuade by reasons; as, to argue a man into a different opinion.

To blame; to accuse; to charge with.

Present reasons and arguments

Have an argument about something

Give evidence of;