What is the difference between writing to argue and writing to persuade?

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Writing persuasively is about convincing others to your way of thinking.

'People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found out by others.' 

- Blaise Pascal, 17th-century French mathematician, physicist, inventor and philosopher.


What is the difference between writing to argue and writing to persuade?