What is the difference between arguments and parameters?

Question

We all use these two terms interchangeablly in our daily lives. Now it is the time to know if they are actually same or different.
If different then how or if same then Why?

Answer 1

You define parameters when you first declare the function.
You pass arguments when you call the function.
Arguments are the actual data you pass into the function. Parameters works like variables.

Answer 2

param can only work in function. they're like anonymous variable just created for defining function. just same as lambdas.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

parameter is a variable in a method of definition.it is called formal parameters.besides arguments is a actual value of this variable that gets passed to the function.it is called actual parameter..

i hope its help you

Answer 5

to pass an argument to a function ,it would call the function and will assign the value to the parameter
here the parameter is a value and the argument are passing the value to the function

Answer 6

For human the difference is when they are used
For computer none, both are the things passed along a function / method

Answer 7

its a different question Ishola
I had this doubt for a long time.
Thank you everyone

Answer 8

hi all, param are the values which are used when you define a function, and when we call that function, values we pass are known as arguments.

Answer 9

def fun(parameters): #formal arguments.
set of statements

fun(arguments) #actual arguments.

Answer 10

parameter is placed inside of the parenthesis when function is DECLARED and argument is placed inside of parenthesis when function is CALLED
int hey(int a)
{
//code here
}
int main()
{
int b = 3
hey(b);
}

in this case a is the parameter and b is argument

Answer 11

SO I'll confuse both

Answer 12

You could see params as the variables. They are function inputs. They are the values the function needs to work on/by. While arguments is a collective name for those parameters. Hope I made some sense...