Grounds
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Basis or justification for something, as in "grounds for divorce." The collective land areas that compose a larger area, as in the castle grounds. The sediment at the bottom of a liquid, or from which a liquid has been filtered (as in coffee grounds).
Example sentence: Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution.
Evidence
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To provide evidence for, or suggest the truth of.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
Example sentence: There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors.