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balance vs component

component vs balance

balance and component both are nouns.

balance is a verb but component is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
balance Yes No Yes No
component Yes No No No
As nouns, component is a hypernym of balance; that is, component is a word with a broader meaning than balance:
  • balance: something left after other parts have been taken away
  • component: something determined in relation to something that includes it
Other hypernyms of balance include component part, constituent, part, portion.
balance (noun) component (noun)
a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
a weight that balances another weight an abstract part of something
a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat something determined in relation to something that includes it
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
something left after other parts have been taken away
equality of distribution
a state of equilibrium
balance (verb) component (verb)
hold or carry in equilibrium
compute credits and debits of an account
bring into balance or equilibrium
be in equilibrium
Difference between balance and component

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