Anecdotal fallacy focuses on using a story as evidence; hasty generalization focuses on drawing a conclusion too broad for the sample. One argument can commit both.
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"These two sound the same." When two fallacies feel alike, the difference is usually one specific thing. Each guide gives a one-sentence distinction, a side-by-side table, examples that fit each side (and one that fits neither), and a short decision path.
A red herring is any distracting irrelevant issue; whataboutism is a specific deflection that points to another person's wrongdoing or inconsistency.
Compare these two →Ad hominem attacks a person's own traits; guilt by association transfers a negative judgment from someone or something connected to that person.
Compare these two →Bandwagon relies on how many people believe something; appeal to authority relies on the status or position of a particular source.
Compare these two →False cause wrongly explains an observed relationship; slippery slope predicts an unsupported chain of future consequences.
Compare these two →Circular reasoning gives a reason that assumes or restates the conclusion; weak evidence is independent of the conclusion but simply not strong enough.
Compare these two →A straw man changes the position before attacking it; strong disagreement accurately states the position and gives reasons against it.
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