mass vs gravitational mass

gravitational mass vs mass

mass and gravitational mass both are nouns.

mass is an adjective but gravitational mass is not an adjective.

mass is a verb but gravitational mass is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mass	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
gravitational mass	Yes	No	No	No

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

mass: the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
gravitational mass: (physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies

Other hyponyms of mass include body, biomass, critical mass, rest mass, relativistic mass, bulk, inertial mass, atomic mass, atomic weight, relative atomic mass, mass energy, molecular weight, relative molecular mass, mass defect, mass deficiency.

mass (noun)	gravitational mass (noun)
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field	(physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies
the property of something that is great in magnitude
the common people generally
an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
a body of matter without definite shape
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

mass (adjective)	gravitational mass (adjective)
formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

mass (verb)	gravitational mass (verb)
join together into a mass or collect or form a mass

Difference between mass and gravitational mass

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