metric vs weight unit

weight unit vs metric

metric and weight unit both are nouns.

metric is an adjective but weight unit is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
metric	Yes	Yes	No	No
weight unit	Yes	No	No	No

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

metric: a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)
weight unit: a decimal unit of weight based on the gram

Other hyponyms of metric include metric capacity unit, metric linear unit, metric weight unit.

metric (noun)	weight unit (noun)
a system of related measures that facilitates the quantification of some particular characteristic	a unit used to measure weight
a decimal unit of measurement of the metric system (based on meters and kilograms and seconds)	a decimal unit of weight based on the gram
a function of a topological space that gives, for any two points in the space, a value equal to the distance between them

metric (adjective)	weight unit (adjective)
based on the meter as a standard of measurement
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables

Difference between metric and weight unit

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