different between grounds vs explanation

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?ndz/
• Hyphenation: grounds

Etymology 1

Noun

grounds

1. plural of ground

Verb

grounds

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ground

Etymology 2

From ground (“basis, surroundings”)

Noun

grounds (plural grounds)

1. (law) Basis or justification for something.

2. The collective land areas that compose a larger area.

Derived terms

• groundskeeper
• stomping grounds

Translations

Etymology 3

From ground, past participle of to grind

Noun

grounds pl (plural only)

1. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered.

   coffee grounds

Translations

Anagrams

• dog runs

English

Alternative forms

• explaination (misspelling or obsolete spelling)

Etymology

From Latin explanatio (“an explanation, interpretation”), from explanare (“explain”); see explain.

Morphologically explain +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??kspl??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

explanation (countable and uncountable, plural explanations)

1. The act or process of explaining.

   The explanation was long and drawn-out.

2. Something that explains, makes understandable.

   An explanation for the UFO sightings was easily found.

3. A resolution of disputed points pursuant to discussion; a mutual clarification of disputed points; reconciliation.

Synonyms

• (act or process of explaining): clarification; elucidation; elaboration; explaining; femsplaining (pej., particularly by a feminist to a man); mansplaining, mansplanation (pej., particularly by a man to a woman)

Related terms

• explain
• explanatory
• explicative
• explicator
• explicatory

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Further reading

• explanation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• explanation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.