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Balances vs Scales - What's the difference?

balances | scales |

As nouns the difference between balances and scales

is that balances is plural of lang=en while scales is plural of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between balances and scales

is that balances is third-person singular of balance while scales is third-person singular of scale.

balances

English

Noun

(head)
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (balance)
  • ----

    scales

    English

    (wikipedia scales)

    Noun

    (head)
  • (en-plural noun)
  • A device for measuring weight.
  • The butcher put the sausages on the scales .

    Derived terms

    * tip the scales

    Verb

    (head)
  • (scale)