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weight vs dead weight

dead weight vs weight

weight and dead weight both are nouns.

weight is a verb but dead weight is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
weight Yes No Yes No
dead weight Yes No No No
As nouns, dead weight is a hyponym of weight; that is, dead weight is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than weight:
  • weight: the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
  • dead weight: a heavy motionless weight
weight (noun) dead weight (noun)
an artifact that is heavy a heavy motionless weight
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 an oppressive encumbrance
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
weight (verb) dead weight (verb)
present with a bias
weight down with a load
Difference between weight and dead weight

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