argue vs altercate

argue and altercate both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
argue	No	No	Yes	No
altercate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, altercate is a hyponym of argue; that is, altercate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than argue:

Other hyponyms of argue include stickle, spar, bicker, brabble, niggle, pettifog, quibble, squabble, argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap, oppose.

argue (verb)	altercate (verb)
have an argument about something	have a disagreement over something
give evidence of
present reasons and arguments