Heavy vs. Massive — What's the Difference?

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move

Consisting of or making up a large mass; bulky, heavy, and solid

Of great density; thick or substantial

(Physics) Having relatively high mass

Of more than the usual size, amount, or intensity

Large or imposing, as in quantity, scope, degree, intensity, or scale

Striking or falling with force

Large in comparison with the usual amount

Needing much physical effort

Affecting a large area of bodily tissue; widespread and severe

Very important or serious

(Mineralogy) Lacking internal crystalline structure; amorphous.

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

(Geology) Without internal structure or layers and homogeneous in composition. Used of a rock.

Strong beer, especially bitter

Very large in size or extent.

Heavily

Very large or bulky and heavy and solid.

Having relatively great weight

(informal) To a very great extent; total, utter.

Having relatively high density; having a high specific gravity.

(colloquial) Of particularly exceptional quality or value; awesome.

Large, as in number or quantity

Outstanding, beautiful.

Large in yield or output

(medicine) Affecting a large portion of the body, or severe.

Of great intensity

(physics) Having a large mass.

Having great power or force

Having any mass.

Violent; rough

(geology) Homogeneous, unstructured.

Equipped with massive armaments and weapons

(mineralogy) Not having an obvious crystalline structure.

Large enough to fire powerful shells

(mineralogy) A homogeneous mass of rock, not layered and without an obvious crystal structure.

Indulging to a great degree

A group of people from a locality, or sharing a collective aim, interest, etc.

Involved or participating on a large scale

Forming, or consisting of, a large mass; compacted; weighty; heavy; massy.

Of great import or seriousness; grave

In mass; not necessarily without a crystalline structure, but having no regular form; as, a mineral occurs massive.

Having considerable thickness

Imposing in size or bulk or solidity;

Broad or coarse

Being the same substance throughout;

Dense; thick

Imposing in scale or scope or degree or power;

Slow to dissipate; strong

Consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter;

Too dense or rich to digest easily

Insufficiently leavened

Full of clay and readily saturated

Weighed down; burdened

Emotionally weighed down; despondent

Marked by or exhibiting weariness

Sad or painful

Hard to do or accomplish; arduous

Not easily borne; oppressive

Lacking vitality; deficient in vivacity or grace

Sharply inclined; steep

Having a large capacity or designed for rough work

Of, relating to, or involving the large-scale production of basic products, such as steel

Of or relating to a serious dramatic role.

(Physics) Of or relating to an isotope with an atomic mass greater than the average mass of that element.

Loud; sonorous

(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or being a syllable ending in a long vowel or in a vowel plus two consonants.

Of great significance or profundity.

Very popular or important

Heavily

A serious or tragic role in a play.

An actor playing such a role.

(Slang) A villain in a story or play.

(Slang) A mobster.

(Slang) One that is very important or influential

(of a physical object) Having great weight.

(of a topic) Serious, somber.

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

Good.

Profound.

(of a rate of flow) High, great.

(slang) Armed.

(of music) Loud, distorted, or intense.

(of weather) Hot and humid.

(of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.

(of the eyes) With eyelids difficult to keep open due to tiredness.

(of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.

Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.

Laden to a great extent.

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.

Not raised or leavened.

(of wines or spirits) Having much body or strength.

(obsolete) With child; pregnant.

(physics) Containing one or more isotopes that are heavier than the normal one.

(petroleum) Having high viscosity.

(finance) Of a market: in which the price of shares is declining.

Heavily-armed.

Having a relatively high takeoff weight and payload,

Especially, having a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 300,000 tons, as almost all widebodies do, generating high wake turbulence.

Having the heaves.

In a heavy manner; weightily; heavily; gravely.

To a great degree; greatly.

Very

(slang) A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.

(slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

A newspaper of the quality press.

(aviation) A relatively large multi-engined aircraft.

(often with "up") To make heavier.

To sadden. en

To use power or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.

Having the heaves.

Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like.

Loud; deep; - said of sound; as, heavy thunder.

Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; - said of the sky.

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; - said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; - said of food.

Having much body or strength; - said of wines, or other liquors.

With child; pregnant.

Heavily; - sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

To make heavy.

An actor who plays villainous roles

A serious (or tragic) role in a play

Of comparatively great physical weight or density;

Unusually great in degree or quantity or number;

Of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment;

Having or suggesting a viscous consistency;

Wide from side to side;

Marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness;

Usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

(used of soil) compact and fine-grained;

Darkened by clouds;

Of great intensity or power or force;

(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight;

(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain;

Permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter;

Made of fabric having considerable thickness;

Of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately;

Prodigious;

Used of syllables or musical beats

Full and loud and deep;

Of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought;

Slow and laborious because of weight;

Large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work;

Dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal;

Sharply inclined;

Full of; bearing great weight;

Requiring or showing effort;

Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;

Lacking lightness or liveliness;

(of sleep) deep and complete;

In an advanced stage of pregnancy;

Slowly as if burdened by much weight;