✅ Carry out means to enact, or do, something that has been previously decided or planned (We gathered all the tools we needed to carry out the plan).

✅ Implement means to enact something that has been previously decided, especially making a change or adjustment (It will take time to implement the new guidelines).

✅ Both of these words refer to following a plan and making sure that that plan comes to fruition.

✅ Implement is a more formal term and generally refers to actions and changes, whereas carry out can refer to entire plans and ideas.

✅ Discuss means to go over a topic, verbally or in writing, in a way that considers all sides equally (Discuss the character’s role in the novel).

✅ Argue means to go over a topic focusing on one point of view, in order to encourage others to agree with that point of view (Her work argued that we should reconsider the importance of a certain artist).

✅ Both of these words mean to explore a topic but suggest different goals and approaches.

✅ Discuss can mean trying to understand someone else’s perspective. Argue can suggest talking with someone in a more emotional or aggressive way (I want to discuss this at home; I don’t want to argue about this).

✅ Community refers collectively to the people in a certain area, who all share amenities such as schools and hospitals (The community was still reeling from the news).

✅ Public refers collectively to the people with a certain country, community, or area, particularly those who aren’t involved in politics or media (The public’s opinion of him was positive).

✅ Both of these words refer to bodies of people.

✅ Community is a narrower term than public, generally referring to a specific section of the public.