What is the difference between Contains and Any in LINQ?

Question

What is the difference between Contains and Any in LINQ?

Answer 1

Contains checks if the sequence contains a specified element.

Enumerable.Any checks if element of a sequence satisfies a condition.

Consider the following example:

List list = new List { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
bool contains = list.Contains(1); //true

bool condition = list.Any(r => r > 2 && r < 5);