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weight vs paperweight

paperweight vs weight

weight and paperweight both are nouns.

weight is a verb but paperweight is not a verb.

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

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