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

Generally speaking, the terms parameter and argument are used interchangeably to mean information that is passed into a function.

Yet, from a function's perspective:

• A parameter is the variable listed inside the parentheses in the function definition.
• An argument is the value that is sent to the function when it is called.