content vs contents
Definitions
noun
- the amount that can be contained
- the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
- something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation
- what a communication that is about something is about
- (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
verb
- make content
- satisfy in a limited way
adjective
- satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are
Examples
If you unzip our sample document and load content.xml into a text editor, you should notice a few things.
Not for a very long time has the discovery of new music so profoundly moved and excited me as the contents of this disc.
And its world was a narrow swamp, a grey, nubiferous environment, where it lived its contented, active, idyllic, almost mindless existence.
Definitions
noun
- (usually plural) everything that is included in a collection and that is held or included in something
- a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start
Examples
Not for a very long time has the discovery of new music so profoundly moved and excited me as the contents of this disc.
They are hired to crack a safe, photograph the contents of a locked briefcase inside, and return it to the owner without him knowing.
A reduced short chain fatty acid concentration has also been reported in pouch contents from patients with pouchitis compared with those without.
