The Difference Between Attacks And Opinions

I have noticed some confusion among some USM members here. Maybe these definitions can help clear some things up:

Main Entry: 1 at·tack

Function: verb

Etymology: Middle French attaquer, from (assumed) Old Italian estaccare to attach, from stacca stake, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English staca Date: 1600 transitive senses 1 : to set upon or work against forcefully 2 : to assail with unfriendly or bitter words 3 : to begin to affect or to act on injuriously 4 : to set to work on 5 : to threaten
Main Entry: 2attack Function: noun

Date: 1661 1 : the act of attacking with physical force or unfriendly words : ASSAULT

2 : a belligerent or antagonistic action

3 a : a fit of sickness; especially : an active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease b : a period of being strongly affected by something (as a desire or mood)

4 a : an offensive or scoring action <won the game with an eight-hit attack> b : offensive players or the positions taken up by them

5 : the setting to work on some undertaking made a new attack on the problem>

6 : the beginning of destructive action (as by a chemical agent) 7 : the act or manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase



Main Entry: opin·ion

Pronunciation: &-'pin-y&n

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin opinion-, opinio, from opinari Date: 14th century

1 a : a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter b : APPROVAL, ESTEEM

2 a : belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a generally held view

3 a : a formal expression of judgment or advice by an expert b : the formal expression (as by a judge, court, or referee) of the legal reasons and principles upon which a legal decision is based

- opin·ioned adjective

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