weight vs tare

weight and tare both are nouns.

weight is a verb but tare is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
weight	Yes	No	Yes	No
tare	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tare is a hyponym of weight; that is, tare is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than weight:

weight: the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
tare: the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo

Other hyponyms of weight include body weight, dead weight, heaviness, weightiness, poundage, throw-weight, lightness, weightlessness, specific weight, net weight, gross weight.

weight (noun)	tare (noun)
an artifact that is heavy	(chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals
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 weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity	any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
the relative importance granted to something	weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
an oppressive feeling of heavy force	an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
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)	tare (verb)
present with a bias
weight down with a load

Difference between weight and tare

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