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Grounds vs Instigation - What's the difference?

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Grounds is a related term of instigation.


As nouns the difference between grounds and instigation

is that 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) while instigation is the act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

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

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    instigation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.
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    Related terms

    * instigate * instigator