Service vs Content - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between service and content

is that service is service (eg in a restaurant) or service can be service, set while content is (uncountable) that which is contained or content can be satisfaction; contentment.

As an adjective content is

satisfied; in a state of satisfaction.

As a verb content is

to give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to gratify; to appease.

service

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m) (French: (m)), from the verb (m) < (etyl) (m), from .

Noun

(en noun)

An act of being of assistance to someone.

I say I did him a service by ending our relationship - now he can freely pursue his career.

* , chapter=4

, title= Mr. Pratt's Patients , passage=Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.}}

(economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

, volume=189, issue=2, page=27, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= The tao of tech , passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing",

(computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group

The military.

A set of dishes or utensils.

(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

A religious rite or ritual.

* , chapter=5

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.}}

(legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:

He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service , which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner.

(Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, West Bank) A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.

A musical composition for use in churches.

(obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

* Shakespeare

Pray, do my service to his majesty.

(nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.

Usage notes

In British English, the indefinite article “a” is often used with “good service”, as in “A good service is operating on all London Underground lines,” while this is not used in American English.

Antonyms

* (action or work that is produced and consumed) good * capital

Derived terms

* accept service * advisory service * all-up service * answering service * bond service * church service * civil service * client service * community service * curb service * customer service * debt service * denial of service * denture service * dinner service * diplomatic service * disservice * divine service * ecological service * emergency service * escort service * extension service * eyeservice * fanservice * fee-for-service * food service * foreign service * full-service * health service * ill service * in service * lip service * memorial service * military service * multiservice * national service * online service * out of service * personal service * postal service * power service * prayer service * public service * quality of service * room service * secret service * Secret Service * selective service * self-service * service area * service book * service break * service bureau * service call * service cap * service ceiling * service center * service charge * service club * service contract * service court * service dog * service door * service elevator * service line * service loop * service mark * service module * service of process * service pipe * service plaza * service provider * service road * service station * service stripe * serviceman * servicewoman * shared service * silent service * silver service * social service * substituted service * table service * tea service * unservice * unserviced * web service * wire service * yeoman's service

Verb

(servic)

To serve.

They service the customer base.

To perform maintenance.

He is going to service the car.

(transitive, agriculture, euphemistic) To inseminate through sexual intercourse

(vulgar) To perform a sexual act.

He was going to service her.

Descendants

* Japanese: * Korean:

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Etymology 2

Noun

(en noun)

service tree

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content

English

(wikipedia content)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) ; see contain.

Noun

(uncountable) That which is contained.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

Subject matter; substance.

* Grew

I shall prove these writingsauthentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original.

The amount of material contained; contents.

Capacity for holding.

* (Francis Bacon)

Strong ships, of great content .

(mathematics) The n''-dimensional space contained by an ''n''-dimensional polytope (called ''volume'' in the case of a polyhedron and ''area in the case of a polygon).

Etymology 2

From (etyl), from (etyl) content, from (etyl) ; see contain.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Satisfied; in a state of satisfaction.

*:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.He was smooth-faced, and his fresh skin and well-developed figure bespoke the man in good physical condition through active exercise, yet well content with the world's apportionment.

Derived terms

* contentment

Synonyms

* (satisfied) contented, pleased, satisfied

Etymology 3

From (etyl) , from (contenter); see content as a verb.

Noun

(en noun)

Satisfaction; contentment

They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.

* Shakespeare

Such is the fullness of my heart's content .

(obsolete) acquiescence without examination

* Alexander Pope

The sense they humbly take upon content .

That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.

* Shakespeare

So will I in England work your grace's full content .

(UK, House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote.

(UK, House of Lords) A member who votes in assent.

Derived terms

* discontent * malcontent

Etymology 4

From (etyl) contenter, from ; see content as an adjective.

Verb

(en verb)

To give contentment or satisfaction; to satisfy; to gratify; to appease.

You can't have any more - you'll have to content yourself with what you already have.

* Bible, Mark xv. 15

Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them.

* I. Watts

Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained.

(obsolete) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

* Shakespeare

Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you.

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