weight vs welterweight

welterweight vs weight

weight and welterweight both are nouns.

weight is a verb but welterweight is not a verb.

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

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

weight: a unit used to measure weight
welterweight: a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase)

Other hyponyms of weight include troy unit, apothecaries' unit, apothecaries' weight, arroba, cattie, catty, crith, frail, last, maund, obolus, oka, picul, pood, rotl, tael, tod.

weight (noun)	welterweight (noun)
an artifact that is heavy	A weight class division in combat sports, for fighters heavier than those in the lightweight division and lighter than those in the middleweight division.
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	a professional boxer who weighs between 141 and 147 pounds
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity	a wrestler who weighs 154-172 pounds
the relative importance granted to something	an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 148 pounds
an oppressive feeling of heavy force	a weight of 28 pounds; sometimes imposed as a handicap in a horse race (such as a steeplechase)
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)	welterweight (verb)
present with a bias
weight down with a load

Difference between weight and welterweight

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