Grounded vs. Humble — What's the Difference?

The solid surface of the earth.

Marked by meekness or modesty in behavior, attitude, or spirit; not arrogant or prideful.

The floor of a body of water, especially the sea.

Showing deferential or submissive respect

Soil; earth

Low in rank, quality, or station; unpretentious or lowly

Often grounds An area of land designated for a particular purpose

To cause to feel humble

Often grounds The land surrounding or forming part of a house or another building

To cause to have a lower condition or status; abase.

An area or a position that is contested in or as if in battle

Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.

Something that serves as a foundation or means of attachment for something else

Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.

A surrounding area; a background.

(ambitransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of

Often grounds The foundation for an argument, belief, or action; a basis.

To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.

Often grounds The underlying condition prompting an action; a cause

To hum.

Not allowed to fly.

(transitive) hummel.

Of or pertaining to an electrical conductor which is connected to earth; earthed.

An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.

To stay inside, typically by a parent, as a punishment.

Near the ground; not high or lofty; not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming; as, a humble cottage.

(of a person) Mature; sensible, with well-considered priorities.

Thinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or unworthy, when judged by the demands of God; lowly; waek; modest.

Simple past tense and past participle of ground

Hornless. See Hummel.

To bring low; to reduce the power, independence, or exaltation of; to lower; to abase; to humilate.

To make humble or lowly in mind; to abase the pride or arrogance of; to reduce the self-sufficiently of; to make meek and submissive; - often used rexlexively.

Cause to be unpretentious;

Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;

Low or inferior in station or quality;

Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful;

Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense);