Difference between Contemplate and Ruminate

CONTEMPLATE vs RUMINATE: ADJECTIVE

Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

Think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
Look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought
Reflect deeply on a subject
To think about something in a concentrated manner or for an extended period of time. To think deeply about something; to ponder or consider.
To consider as a possibility.
Consider as a possibility

Chew the cuds
Reflect deeply on a subject
To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
To meditate or reflect.

To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend.
To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.

To regard; consider.
Synonyms To consider, meditate upon, muse upon, reflect upon, ponder; dwell upon, think about. To design, plan, purpose.
To think studiously; study; muse; meditate; consider deliberately.
Look at thoughtfully
Observe deep in thought
To consider or have in view, as a future act or event; intend.
To consider with continued attention; reflect upon; ponder; study; meditate on.
To view, look at, or observe with continued attention.

To chew the cud, as a ruminant; practise rumination.
To muse; meditate; think again and again; ponder: as, to ruminate on misfortunes.
To chew again.
To turn over in the mind; muse on; meditate over and over.
In botany, appearing as if chewed: noting a structure of the endosperm (albumen) of a seed which gives a mottled appearance to its section, and which results from the infolding of a dark inner layer of the seed-coat into the lighter-colored matter of the endosperm, as in the nutmeg.

Envision, Envisage, Imagine, Consider, Think over, Chew over, Mull over, Study, Muse, Reflect, Meditate, Speculate, Ruminate, Mull, Ponder

Agonize, Philosophize, Cogitate, Endosperm, Pore, Chew over, Mull over, Think over, Reflect, Speculate, Muse, Meditate, Mull, Contemplate, Ponder

Explore, Foresee, Envisage, Imagine, Consider, Think over, Chew over, Study, Muse, Reflect, Meditate, Speculate, Ruminate, Mull, Ponder

Reminisce, Expound, Agonize, Philosophize, Endosperm, Pore, Think over, Chew over, Reflect, Speculate, Muse, Meditate, Mull, Contemplate, Ponder

Instead, take the time to contemplate your answer.
Legislature seriously would contemplate adopting such a system.
Italian legal system does not contemplate this composition.
September, refused to contemplate the possibility of withdrawal.
This case does not contemplate child pornography, period.
Americans could hardly contemplate this level of sacrifice.
Crosby, however, seldom bothers to contemplate his future.
Howard steadfastly refused to contemplate an official apology.
Always contemplate on the fundamental principle of life.
If you contemplate at ease, you are a Bodhisattva; if you do not contemplate at ease, you are an ordinary person.

We observe, mimic behaviors, and ruminate on the subject somewhere in between.
Why ruminate about a Disney kid and the social psychology of Tumblr?
Others ruminate about losing control, harming other people, or contracting a disease.
We also ruminate on a white paper exploring potentially racist hiring practices.
Finally, athletes with higher athletic identity tend to ruminate and catastrophize more.
Walking in nature, specifically, reduces our tendency to ruminate over negative thoughts.
So, the ruminate remains, how do you efficaciously reduce venter stout?
A drink with complex flavors helps me ruminate on delectable poems.
Maximizers tend to brood or ruminate more than sacrificers.
But even one viewing leaves plenty to ruminate on.