Poise vs. Weight — What's the Difference?

Graceful and elegant bearing in a person

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.

Balance; equilibrium

A measure of the heaviness of an object

A unit of dynamic viscosity, such that a tangential force of one dyne per square centimetre causes a velocity change one centimetre per second between two parallel planes separated by one centimetre in a liquid.

The force with which a body is attracted to Earth or another celestial body, equal to the product of the object's mass and the acceleration of gravity.

Be or cause to be balanced or suspended

A unit measure of gravitational force

To carry or hold in equilibrium; balance

A system of such measures

To cause to be ready or about to do something

A metallic solid used as a standard of comparison in weighing.

To be balanced or held in suspension

An object used to hold something else down.

Confident composure; self-possession

A counterbalance in a machine.

Bearing of the body, especially when graceful

(Sports) A heavy object, such as a dumbbell, lifted for exercise or in athletic competition.

A centimeter-gram-second unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter.

Excessive fat; corpulence

A state of balance, equilibrium or stability.

(Statistics) A factor assigned to a number in a computation, as in determining an average, to increase or decrease the number's effect on the computation, reflecting its importance.

Composure; freedom from embarrassment or affectation.

Oppressiveness; pressure

Mien; bearing or deportment of the head or body.

The greater part; preponderance

A condition of hovering, or being suspended.

Influence, importance, or authority

(physics) A CGS unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimetre.

Ponderous quality

(obsolete) Weight; an amount of weight, the amount something weighs.

(Sports) A classification according to comparative lightness or heaviness. Often used in combination

The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.

The heaviness or thickness of a fabric in relation to a particular season or use. Often used in combination

That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

A measure of the relative thickness of yarn.

(obsolete) To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.

To make heavy or heavier

(obsolete) To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

To cause to feel concerned, sad, or preoccupied; burden or oppress

(obsolete) To be of a given weight; to weigh.

To increase the weight or body of (fabrics) by treating with chemicals.

(obsolete) To add weight to, to weigh down.

(Statistics) To assign weights or a weight to.

To hold (something) with or against something else in equilibrium; to balance, counterpose.

To cause to have a slant or bias

To hold (something) in equilibrium, to hold balanced and ready; to carry (something) ready to be used.

(Sports) To assign to (a horse) the weight it must carry as a handicap in a race.

To keep (something) in equilibrium; to hold suspended or balanced.

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

To ascertain, as if by balancing; to weigh.

An object used to make something heavier.

Weight; gravity; that which causes a body to descend; heaviness.

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

The weight, or mass of metal, used in weighing, to balance the substance weighed.

Importance or influence.

The state of being balanced by equal weight or power; equipoise; balance; equilibrium; rest.

(weightlifting) An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.

That which causes a balance; a counterweight.

(lubricants) viscosity rating.

A dignified and self-confident manner; graceful composure and tact in handling difficult social situations.

(physics) Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.) in restricted circumstances

To balance; to make of equal weight; as, to poise the scales of a balance.

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To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance.

(measurement) Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).

To counterpoise; to counterbalance.

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

To ascertain, as by the balance; to weigh.

(topology) The smallest cardinality of a base.

To weigh (down); to oppress.

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

To hang in equilibrium; to be balanced or suspended; hence, to be in suspense or doubt.

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

A cgs unit of dynamic viscosity equal to one dyne-second per square centimeter; the viscosity of a fluid in which a force of one dyne per square centimeter maintains a velocity of 1 centimeter per second

(visual art) The illusion of mass.

A state of being balanced in a stable equilibrium

(visual art) The thickness and opacity of paint.

Great coolness and composure under strain;

Pressure; burden.

Be motionless, in suspension;

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

Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult

Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.

Cause to be balanced or suspended

One pound of drugs, especially cannabis.

Hold or carry in equilibrium

Money.

Weight class

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

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

(transitive) To load, burden or oppress someone.

To assign weights to individual statistics.

(transitive) To bias something; to slant.

To handicap a horse with a specified weight.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

The relative importance granted to something;

An artifact that is heavy

An oppressive feeling of heavy force;

A system of units used to express the weight of something

A unit used to measure weight;

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

Weight down with a load

Present with a bias;