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What is the difference between persuade / persuasive and convince / convincing ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between persuade / persuasive and convince / convincing ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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They both are synonyms so they can be used in interchangeably, but persuade is used mostly to get someone to do something (by asking, arguing, etc) and convincing is used more when trying to get someone to believe something.
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@Owen_Y persuade is when you persuade someone to do something : i persuaded my friends to go skiing
(persuade usually has to do with action and convincing usually has to do with the mind)
convince is when you convince someone of something : i convince you that it is a good idea
but don't worry, they're usually interchangeable, nowadays people don't differentiate between them unless you're an autor of course
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