The main reason for this question is to settle a dispute between myself and a friend as to what may be considered an opinion. Here are both of our arguments -
A)
“I’ve often heard many people (family, friends) remark that judging people is a bad thing (labels and the like), particularly when the judgment is negative in its nature. Is not an opinion the equivalent of a judgment, only hidden behind politeness or falsified (but believable) pretenses? It seems to me that judgments and opinions are one and the same.”
B)
“Opinions and judgments are different in one major aspect, opinions are based on actual information on an individual or situation (with no background information, or being indifferent to it) while judgments are based on information gathered by a third party without any actual experience with the individual or situation.”

My friend and I debated for some time so we would like others input, hopefully we can come to some conclusion, even if neither of us are actually right.