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scale vs balance

balance vs scale

scale and balance both are nouns.

scale and balance both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
scale Yes No Yes No
balance Yes No Yes No
As nouns, balance is a hyponym of scale; that is, balance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than scale:
  • scale: a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass
  • balance: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
Other hyponyms of scale include weighbridge.
scale (noun) balance (noun)
a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity
an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks a weight that balances another weight
a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat
a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
(music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane
a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account
relative magnitude something left after other parts have been taken away
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it equality of distribution
an ordered reference standard a state of equilibrium
scale (verb) balance (verb)
measure with or as if with scales hold or carry in equilibrium
size or measure according to a scale compute credits and debits of an account
remove the scales from bring into balance or equilibrium
pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard be in equilibrium
climb up by means of a ladder
reach the highest point of
take by attacking with scaling ladders
measure by or as if by a scale
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