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grave vs heavy

heavy vs grave

grave and heavy both are nouns.

grave and heavy both are adjectives.

grave is a verb but heavy is not a verb.

grave is not an adverb while heavy is an adverb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grave Yes Yes Yes No
heavy Yes Yes No Yes
As adjectives, grave and heavy are synonyms defined as:
  • grave and heavy: of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
Other synonyms of grave include grievous, weighty.
grave (noun) heavy (noun)
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) a serious (or tragic) role in a play
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation an actor who plays villainous roles
death of a person
grave (adjective) heavy (adjective)
causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm of comparatively great physical weight or density
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises unusually great in degree or quantity or number
of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
of great intensity or power or force
darkened by clouds
(used of soil) compact and fine-grained
(of sleep) deep and complete
lacking lightness or liveliness
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it
full of; bearing great weight
full and loud and deep
large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work
slow and laborious because of weight
of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought
dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal
given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
in an advanced stage of pregnancy
sharply inclined
made of fabric having considerable thickness
(of an actor or role) being or playing the villain
requiring or showing effort
permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter
prodigious
of relatively large extent and density
grave (verb) heavy (verb)
carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it
grave (adverb) heavy (adverb)
slowly as if burdened by much weight
Difference between grave and heavy

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