Contention vs Grounds - What's the difference?
contention | grounds |
struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate
A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.
(computing, telecommunications) Competition by parts of a system or its users for a limited resource.
(legal) Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce."
The collective land areas that compose a larger area, as in the castle grounds.
(plural only) The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).
As nouns the difference between contention and grounds
is that contention is struggle, contest, strife, argument, debate while grounds is (legal) basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce" or grounds can be (plural only) the sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).contention
English
(wikipedia contention)Noun
(en noun)- It is my contention that state lotteries are taxes on stupid people.
