weight vs throw-weight

throw-weight vs weight

weight and throw-weight both are nouns.

weight is a verb but throw-weight is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
weight	Yes	No	Yes	No
throw-weight	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, throw-weight is a hyponym of weight; that is, throw-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
throw-weight: the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)

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

weight (noun)	throw-weight (noun)
an artifact that is heavy	the weight of the payload of a missile (not including the weight of the rocket)
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)	throw-weight (verb)
present with a bias
weight down with a load

Difference between weight and throw-weight

Words related to "throw-weight"

weight

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