What's the difference between an argument and a parameter?

Question

When verbally talking about methods, I\'m never sure whether to use the word argument or parameter or something else. Either way the other people know what

Answer 1

A parameter is something you have to fill in when you call a function. What you put in it is the argument.

Simply set: the argument goes into the parameter, an argument is the value of the parameter.

A bit more info on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parameter_(computer_science)#Parameters_and_arguments