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content vs gist

gist vs content

content and gist both are nouns.

content is an adjective but gist is not an adjective.

content is a verb but gist is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
content Yes Yes Yes No
gist Yes No No No
As nouns, gist is a hyponym of content; that is, gist is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than content:
  • content: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
  • gist: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
Other hyponyms of content include tradition, object, food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment, noumenon, thing-in-itself, universe, universe of discourse, issue, matter, subject, topic, issue, idea, thought, center, centre, core, essence, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum, wisdom, internal representation, mental representation, representation, belief, kenosis, disbelief, unbelief, heresy, unorthodoxy, end, goal, education, experience, acculturation, culture, lore, traditional knowledge, ignorance, domain, knowledge base, knowledge domain, metaknowledge.
content (noun) gist (noun)
something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
content communicating a message; what something is about
(usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
the amount that can be contained
the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
the state of being contented with your situation in life
content (adjective) gist (adjective)
satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
content (verb) gist (verb)
satisfy in a limited way
make content
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