Example: HTML versus CSS
Let's suppose you want to say something like:
Mary had a little lamb.
That's pretty straightforward, isn't it? You've made your statement (presented your content), and there it is. But what if you wanted to emphasize a part of that statement, say by using some bold letters...
Mary had a little lamb.
...or maybe by using bold letters in one place and italicizing others...
Mary had a little lamb.
... or even all that plus some color...
Mary had a little lamb.
You can see that the HTML (the content) is the the same in all four statements, but the style (or presentation - CSS) is different in each of them.