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

According to Joseph's Alabahari book "C# in a Nutshell" (C# 7.0, p. 49) :

static void Foo (int x)
{
    x = x + 1; // When you're talking in context of this method x is parameter
    Console.WriteLine (x);
}
static void Main()
{
    Foo (8); // an argument of 8. 
             // When you're talking from the outer scope point of view
}

In some human languages (afaik Italian, Russian) synonyms are widely used for these terms.

• parameter = formal parameter
• argument = actual parameter

In my university professors use both kind of names.