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Arguments vs Grounds - What's the difference?

arguments | grounds |

As nouns the difference between arguments and grounds

is that arguments is 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).

arguments

English

Noun

(head)
    • ----

    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).

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