Convince and persuade 说服和劝说

Convince and persuade 说服和劝说

An audio programme about the words convince and persuade.

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"I'd like to know the difference between ‘convince’ and ‘persuade’. Both have the same meaning, but I don't know when to use them. "

Gary Zang

Do you know the meaning of the verbs 'to convince' and 'to persuade'?

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Are you convinced that you know the difference, or persuaded that you know the difference?!

Jackie and Helen explore the similarities and differences between these two words.

Which of these sentences is more correct?

Helen convinced Mike that he should write a book.

or

Helen convinced Mike to write a book.

Find out the answer in the programme. As always, if you have a question about the English language you can send it to the team at [e-mail].