Mass vs. Weight

Massnoun

(physical) Matter, material.

Weightnoun

The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).

Massnoun

A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size

Weightnoun

An object used to make something heavier.

Massnoun

(obsolete) Precious metal, especially gold or silver.

Weightnoun

A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.

Massnoun

(physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.

Weightnoun

Importance or influence.

Massnoun

(pharmacy) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.

Weightnoun

(weightlifting) A disc of iron, dumbbell, or barbell used for training the muscles.

‘He's working out with weights.’;

Massnoun

(medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.

Weightnoun

(physics) Mass (net weight, atomic weight, molecular weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).

Massnoun

(bodybuilding) Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.

Weightnoun

(statistics) A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.

Massnoun

(proscribed) weight

Weightnoun

(topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.

Massnoun

A large quantity; a sum.

Weightnoun

(typography) The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.

Massnoun

(quantity) Large in number.

Weightnoun

(visual art) The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.

Massnoun

Bulk; magnitude; body; size.

Weightnoun

(visual art) The illusion of mass.

Massnoun

The principal part; the main body.

Weightnoun

(visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.

Massnoun

A large body of individuals, especially persons.

‘The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field.’; ‘A mass of ships converged on the beaches of Dunkirk.’;

Weightnoun

Pressure; burden.

‘the weight of care or business’;

Massnoun

(in the plural) The lower classes of persons.

‘The masses are revolting.’;

Weightnoun

The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.

Massnoun

(Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.

Weightnoun

Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.

‘He was pushing weight.’;

Massnoun

(Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.

Weightverb

(transitive) To add weight to something; to make something heavier.

Massnoun

The sacrament of the Eucharist.

Weightverb

To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.

Massnoun

A musical setting of parts of the mass.

Weightverb

(transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.

Massverb

(transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

Weightverb

To assign weights to individual statistics.

Massverb

(intransitive) To have a certain mass.

‘I mass 70 kilograms’;

Weightverb

(transitive) To bias something; to slant.

Massverb

To celebrate mass.

Weightverb

To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

Massadjective

Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.

‘There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.’;

Weightverb

To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.

Massadjective

Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.

‘Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse.’;

Weightnoun

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.

Massnoun

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

Weightnoun

The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.

‘For sorrow, like a heavy-hanging bell,Once set on ringing, with his own weight goes.’;

Massnoun

The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; - namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.

Weightnoun

Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.

‘For the public all this weight he bears.’; ‘[He] who singly bore the world's sad weight.’;

Massnoun

A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.

‘If it were not for these principles, the bodies of the earth, planets, comets, sun, and all things in them, would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive masses.’; ‘A deep mass of continual sea is slower stirredTo rage.’;

Weightnoun

Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.

‘In such a point of weight, so near mine honor.’;

Massnoun

A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.

Weightnoun

A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.

Massnoun

A large quantity; a sum.

‘All the mass of gold that comes into Spain.’; ‘He had spent a huge mass of treasure.’;

Weightnoun

A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.

‘A man leapeth better with weights in his hands.’;

Massnoun

Bulk; magnitude; body; size.

‘This army of such mass and charge.’;

Weightnoun

A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.

Massnoun

The principal part; the main body.

‘Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of the fugitives in their escape.’;

Weightnoun

The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.

Massnoun

The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.

Weightverb

To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.

‘The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense.’;

Massverb

To celebrate Mass.

Weightverb

To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.

Massverb

To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

‘But mass them together and they are terrible indeed.’;

Weightverb

To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc.

Massnoun

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

Weightverb

to assign a numerical value expressing relative importance to (a measurement), to be multiplied by the value of the measurement in determining averages or other aggregate quantities; as, they weighted part one of the test twice as heavily as part 2.

Massnoun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

‘a batch of letters’; ‘a deal of trouble’; ‘a lot of money’; ‘he made a mint on the stock market’; ‘it must have cost plenty’;

Weightnoun

the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity

Massnoun

an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

Weightnoun

sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; a weight that is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms

Massnoun

(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

Weightnoun

the relative importance granted to something;

‘his opinion carries great weight’;

Massnoun

a body of matter without definite shape;

‘a huge ice mass’;

Weightnoun

an artifact that is heavy

Massnoun

the common people generally;

‘separate the warriors from the mass’; ‘power to the people’;

Weightnoun

an oppressive feeling of heavy force;

‘bowed down by the weight of responsibility’;

Massnoun

the property of something that is great in magnitude;

‘it is cheaper to buy it in bulk’; ‘he received a mass of correspondence’; ‘the volume of exports’;

Weightnoun

a system of units used to express the weight of something

Massnoun

a musical setting for a Mass;

‘they played a Mass composed by Beethoven’;

Weightnoun

a unit used to measure weight;

‘he placed two weights in the scale pan’;

Massnoun

a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian eucharistic rite;

‘the priest said Mass’;

Weightnoun

(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

Massverb

join together into a mass or collect or form a mass;

‘Crowds were massing outside the palace’;

Weightverb

weight down with a load

Massadjective

occurring widely (as to many people);

‘mass destruction’;

Weightverb

present with a bias;

‘He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders’;

Massadjective

gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole;

‘aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year’; ‘the aggregated amount of indebtedness’;

Weight

In science and engineering, the weight of an object is the force acting on the object due to gravity.Some standard textbooks define weight as a vector quantity, the gravitational force acting on the object. Others define weight as a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the gravitational force.

Massnoun

the celebration of the Christian Eucharist, especially in the Roman Catholic Church

‘we went to Mass’;

Massnoun

a particular celebration of the Eucharist

‘he pontificated at three Christmas Masses’;

Massnoun

a musical setting of parts of the liturgy used in the Mass

‘Bach's B minor Mass’;

Massadjective

involving or affecting large numbers of people or things

‘a mass exodus of refugees’; ‘the film has mass appeal’;

Massverb

assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass

‘both countries began massing troops in the region’; ‘clouds massed heavily on the horizon’;

Mass

Mass is both a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (rate of change of velocity with respect to time) when a net force is applied. An object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies.