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Grounds vs Contents - What's the difference?

grounds | contents |

As nouns the difference between grounds and contents

is that grounds is basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce. while contents is plural of lang=en.

As a verb contents is

third-person singular of content.

grounds

English

Etymology 1

From

Noun

(grounds)
  • (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.
    • Derived terms
    * groundskeeper * stomping grounds

    Etymology 2

    From (ground), past participle of (term)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (plural only) The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).

    • Anagrams

    *

    contents

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (usually plural) That which is contained.
    • It is not covered in your homeowner's policy. You need contents insurance.
    The contents of the cup had a familiar aroma.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
  • (pluralonly) A table of contents, a list of chapters, etc. in a book, and the page numbers on which they start.
    • I always start a book by reading the dustjacket and the contents before I really dig in to the content itself.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (content)
    • English pluralia tantum ----