balance vs weight

weight vs balance

balance and weight both are nouns.

balance and weight both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
balance	Yes	No	Yes	No
weight	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, weight is a hypernym of balance; that is, weight is a word with a broader meaning than balance:

balance: a weight that balances another weight
weight: an artifact that is heavy

balance (noun)	weight (noun)
a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity	an artifact that is heavy
a weight that balances another weight	sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
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	the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)	the relative importance granted to something
(mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane	an oppressive feeling of heavy force
equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account	a unit used to measure weight
the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account	a system of units used to express the weight of something
something left after other parts have been taken away	(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
equality of distribution
a state of equilibrium

balance (verb)	weight (verb)
hold or carry in equilibrium	present with a bias
compute credits and debits of an account	weight down with a load
bring into balance or equilibrium
be in equilibrium

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