grounds vs trail

trail vs grounds

grounds and trail both are nouns.

grounds is not a verb while trail is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
grounds	Yes	No	No	No
trail	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, trail is a hyponym of grounds; that is, trail is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grounds:

grounds: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
trail: evidence pointing to a possible solution

Other hyponyms of grounds include probable cause, cogent evidence, proof, disproof, falsification, refutation, lead, track, symptom, sign.

grounds (noun)	trail (noun)
the enclosed land around a house or other building	a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country
your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief	evidence pointing to a possible solution
a justification for something existing or happening	a track or mark left by something that has passed
a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)
dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

grounds (verb)	trail (verb)
	drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground
	hang down so as to drag along the ground
	go after with the intent to catch
	move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly
	to lag or linger behind

Difference between grounds and trail

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