coefficient vs weight

weight vs coefficient

coefficient and weight both are nouns.

coefficient is not a verb while weight is a verb.

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

As nouns, weight is a hyponym of coefficient; that is, weight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than coefficient:

coefficient: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
weight: (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

Other hyponyms of coefficient include absorptance, absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption, coefficient of drag, drag coefficient, coefficient of friction, coefficient of mutual induction, mutual inductance, coefficient of self induction, self-inductance, modulus, coefficient of expansion, expansivity, coefficient of reflection, reflectance, reflection factor, reflectivity, transmission, transmittance, absolute viscosity, coefficient of viscosity, dynamic viscosity, weighting.

coefficient (noun)	weight (noun)
a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic	an artifact that is heavy
	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
	the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
	the relative importance granted to something
	an oppressive feeling of heavy force
	a unit used to measure weight
	a system of units used to express the weight of something
	(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

coefficient (verb)	weight (verb)
	present with a bias
	weight down with a load

Difference between coefficient and weight

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