There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
DISCUSS
discourse, talk about, discuss
(verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing; “The author talks about the different aspects of this question”; “The class discussed Dante’s ‘Inferno’”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
discuss (third-person singular simple present discusses, present participle discussing, simple past and past participle discussed)
(transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
(transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
(obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
(obsolete, transitive, colloquial) To deal with, in eating or drinking; consume.
(transitive, legal) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety.
(obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
Synonyms
• (converse about a topic): bespeak, betalk, debate, talk about
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*cuss", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Discussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Discussing.] Etym: [L. discussus, p. p. of discutere to strike asunder (hence came the sense to separate mentally, distinguish); dis- + quatere to shake, strike. See Quash.]
1. To break to pieces; to shatter. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away;
– said especially of tumors. Many arts were used to discuss the beginnings of new affection. Sir H. Wotton. A pomade . . . of virtue to discuss pimples. Rambler.
3. To shake; to put away; to finish. [Obs.] All regard of shame she had discussed. Spenser.
4. To examine in detail or by disputation; to reason upon by presenting favorable and adverse considerations; to debate; to sift; to investigate; to ventilate. "We sat and . . . discussed the farm . . . and the price of grain." Tennyson. "To discuss questions of taste." Macaulay.
5. To deal with, in eating or drinking. [Colloq.] We sat quietly down and discussed a cold fowl that we had brought with us. Sir S. Baker.
6. (Law)
Definition: To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal debtor before proceeding against the surety. Burrill.
Syn.
– To Discuss, Examine, Debate. We speak of examining a subject when we ponder it with care, in order to discover its real state, or the truth respecting it. We speak of discussing a topic when we examine it thoroughly in its distinct parts. The word is very commonly applied to matters of opinion. We may discuss a subject without giving in an adhesion to any conclusion. We speak of debating a point when we examine it in mutual argumentation between opposing parties. In debate we contend for or against some conclusion or view.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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5 November 2024
TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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