Content
Content noun - A major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition).
Usage example: although I appreciate the poem's lyrical qualities, I don't understand its content
Essence is a synonym for content in substance topic. In some cases you can use "Essence" instead a noun "Content", when it comes to topics like subject matter.
Essence
Essence noun - The central part or aspect of something under consideration.
Usage example: presented the essence of weeks of testimony in a 20-minute appeal to the jury
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Synonyms for Essence
Content is a synonym for essence in subject topic. Sometimes you can use "Content" instead a noun "Essence", if it concerns topics such as substance.
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To the Pain: Not content to simply drain the life essence from the Podlings, SkekTek the scientist is fond of explaining the process.
Source: Film / The Dark Crystal -
To name a work is a delicate art: it has to capture the essence of the work (at least most of the time) and do justice to the content.
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Adèle is content to accept things as they are and is not as interested as Emma in finding out which came first, existence or essence which is the very thing that they discussed when Emma explains Existentialism to her.
Source: Film / Blue Is the Warmest Color
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