obesity vs overweight
overweight vs obesityobesity and overweight both are nouns.
obesity is not an adjective while overweight is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| obesity | Yes | No | No | No |
| overweight | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
overweight is a hyponym of
obesity; that is, overweight is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
obesity:
- obesity: more than average fatness
- overweight: the property of excessive fatness
Other hyponyms of obesity include
adiposis, corpulence, stoutness, exogenous obesity, embonpoint, plumpness, roundness.
| obesity (noun) | overweight (noun) |
|---|---|
| more than average fatness | the property of excessive fatness |
| obesity (adjective) | overweight (adjective) |
|---|---|
| usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it |
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