What's the difference between content and malcontent?

Content


Definition:

  • (a.) Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
  • (n.) That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.
  • (n.) Power of containing; capacity; extent; size.
  • (n.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.
  • (a.) To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.
  • (a.) To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.
  • (n.) Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness.
  • (n.) Acquiescence without examination.
  • (n.) That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.
  • (n.) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote; also, a member who votes "Content.".

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Standardization is possible after correction by the protein content of each individual section.
  • (2) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
  • (3) Spectrophotometric determination of the sulfhydryl content in the animal tissue before (control) and after using 6,6'-Dithiodinicotinic acid is applied.
  • (4) Although Jeggo's Chinese hamster ovary cells were more responsive to mAMSA, novo still abrogated mAMSA toxicity in the mutant cells as well as in the parental Chinese hamster ovary cells 2,4-Dinitrophenol acted similarly to novo with respect to mAMSA killing, but neither compound reduced the ATP content of V79 cells.
  • (5) The content of the cavities was not stained by any of the immunocytochemical reactions applied.
  • (6) However, decapitation did not eliminate the sex difference in the tissue content of P4 during control incubations.
  • (7) Content of cyclic nucleoside monophosphates was decreased in all the eye tissues in experimental toxico-allergic uveitis as well as penetration of cAMP into the fluid of anterior chamber of the eye.
  • (8) The ATP content of the cholinergic electromotor nerves of Torpedo marmorata has been measured.
  • (9) In addition to the changes associated with blood group A, we also found a decrease in sugar content, alterations in other antigens, and changes in the levels of several glycosyltransferases in cancerous tissues.
  • (10) Past imaging techniques shown in the courtroom have made the conventional rules of evidence more difficult because of the different informational content and format required for presentation of these data.
  • (11) Arteries treated with atrial natriuretic peptide showed no alterations in relaxation or cGMP content after incubation with pertussis toxin.
  • (12) A chronic cannulation procedure is described which allows for sampling vomeronasal organ (VNO) contents repeatedly in freely moving conscious subjects.
  • (13) There was however no difference in the cross-sectional studies and no significant deleterious effect detected of tobacco use on forearm bone mineral content.
  • (14) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
  • (15) The intensity of the type III specific peptide bands correlates with the type III content of the samples.
  • (16) Stimulation of atrial H1-receptors is suggested to directly cause an increase in Ca-channel conductance independent of intracellular cAMP content.
  • (17) "With hyperspectral imaging, you can tell the chemical content of a cake just by taking a photo of it.
  • (18) We assessed changes in brain water content, as reflected by changes in tissue density, during the early recirculation period following severe forebrain ischemia.
  • (19) Proving that not all teens are content with being part of a purely digital community, Adele Mayr attended a YouTube meet-up in London’s Hyde Park.
  • (20) The aim of this study was to describe the contents of daily reports in two homes for the aged.

Malcontent


Definition:

  • (a.) discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government.
  • (n.) One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who express his discontent by words or overt acts.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They see the protesters as petulant malcontents and repeat Trump’s accusation that some of them are surely getting paid to demonstrate.
  • (2) Discussions of "malcontents" with the mechanistic paradigm across the social sciences and within special education are noted.
  • (3) David Davis's thundering broadside on Monday caught the mood of the malcontents.
  • (4) The extent of Farage's ambitions came to light as Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg faced a serious backlash from party malcontents, including at least two parliamentary candidates and several prominent councillors, as activists gathered names on a petition demanding he be replaced immediately by a new leader.
  • (5) A slice, a sliver of malcontents, each one waving an arm halfheartedly; they looked like strap-hangers in a rush hour train.
  • (6) She is also under siege, however, at home from malcontents in her coalition government, in the EU because her partners are not sure what she wants, and by third countries who say they are willing to help but are also baffled by the absence of coherent policy in Berlin.
  • (7) But what's odd about the Tory malcontents is how little they understand their own leaders: for all the U-turns and bungling, there has been absolutely no slippage in the great austerity.
  • (8) Some claim the last few days were either a fiction of the Murdoch press, still smarting over Ed Miliband’s role in helping to launch the Leveson inquiry, or else a diffuse small group of malcontents – some on the old right worried by Ukip and others on the Blairite wing angered by the repeated trashing of the legacy of New Labour.
  • (9) Finally, it was possible to dismiss Hoon and Hewitt as malcontents who were acting after their hopes of a job in the European commission were thwarted in the November horse trading over new roles including the presidency.
  • (10) It would be easy, but wrong, to dismiss yesterday's spasm as the inept work of a pair of out-of-a-job malcontents, hellbent for reasons of ego or ideology on undermining their party.
  • (11) But on Sky News Labour backbencher Geraldine Smith, the MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, condemned "a small bunch of malcontents" and said she was "absolutely disgusted" by the move.
  • (12) I have now closed my social media accounts and assure you there will be no repetition of such activity in the future.” Labour ‘moderates’ are merely malcontents | Letters Read more John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor and Corbyn’s most important leftwing ally, claimed the tweet was an innocent satire about the idea of anarchists standing for election.
  • (13) He considered many of the fugitives “undesirable malcontents”, according to Brendan Koerner, author of The Skies Belong to Us.
  • (14) And then when they heard that the crowd had arrived, like a carnival with every malcontent and half-crazed soothsayer following in its wake, Martha went out into the streets to announce her brother's death to my son.
  • (15) This may well be his 1981 moment: the point at which all the naysayers can be dismissed as weirdy-beardy academics and media malcontents.
  • (16) Saved created a notorious image of postwar theatre: malcontent youths viciously stoning a baby’s pram.
  • (17) I didn’t put a gun in anyone’s mouth.” Evans has also come in for criticism, with the star recently hitting out at the “weasels” and “malcontents” who he said wanted to see the show fail.
  • (18) We are not a nation of haters, scroungers and malcontents.
  • (19) Liberal moderates warn conservatives against undermining Malcolm Turnbull Read more The current festival of the smackdown, which was unleashed on Saturday night , prosecuted by only a handful of malcontents, has a simple objective: to make sure beyond doubt that Turnbull knows he has no authority to exercise within his own government – that if he remains as leader, he will be the captive creature of his enemies.
  • (20) For one thing, Banks has more organisational resources and campaigning experience than previous Ukip malcontents, thanks to his prominent role in the Brexit campaign as maestro of Leave.EU.