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paperweight vs weight

weight vs paperweight

paperweight and weight both are nouns.

paperweight is not a verb while weight is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
paperweight Yes No No No
weight Yes No Yes No
As nouns, weight is a hypernym of paperweight; that is, weight is a word with a broader meaning than paperweight:
  • paperweight: a weight used to hold down a stack of papers
  • weight: an artifact that is heavy
paperweight (noun) weight (noun)
a weight used to hold down a stack of papers 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
paperweight (verb) weight (verb)
present with a bias
weight down with a load
Difference between paperweight and weight

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