symptom vs grounds

grounds vs symptom

symptom and grounds both are nouns.

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

As nouns, grounds is a hypernym of symptom; that is, grounds is a word with a broader meaning than symptom:

symptom: (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease
grounds: your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

Other hypernyms of symptom include evidence.

symptom (noun)	grounds (noun)
anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence	the enclosed land around a house or other building
(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease	your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief
	a justification for something existing or happening
	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

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