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As a well-read native speaker, I agree with all these decisions, and yet it's pretty subtle. "Focus" is a metaphor. "Work with" is at a considerably simpler l
by TomSwirly 4y ago
As a well-read native speaker, I agree with all these decisions, and yet it's pretty subtle.
"Focus" is a metaphor.
"Work with" is at a considerably simpler level of English education than "collaborate".
A "dialog" was originally a literary work with people responding to each other, so it's a bit more pretentious.
Also, a dialog has a slightly more argumentative feel than a discussion - there is more of a sense of opposition.
"We had a quick discussion to make sure we were on the same page and then had lunch." Dialog would be weird here.
"We are trying to start a dialog between one side and the other."
- torben-friis 4y agoSame question as the other answerer: When does metaphor become etymology for a new meaning? concentrate is bringing something to a center, which seems metaphorical when used as keeping a goal in mind, and I'd guess a majority of words are originally formed that way - should they not talk about cranes (in the sense of construction) because they are name after a bird?
- ask_b123 4y agoStrangely I find the word discussion to sound more argumentative than dialogue. Though I guess that used in an international context (say, between countries) discussion would sound stranger than dialogue, and there is usually some degree of opposition between countries.