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Be_substantive vs Carry_weight - What's the difference?

be_substantive | carry_weight | Related terms |

Be_substantive is a related term of carry_weight.


As a verb carry_weight is

to be handicapped by an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.

be_substantive

Not English

Be_substantive has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'be_substantive':

bisphosphonate, bisphosphatase, backspaceable

carry_weight

English

Verb

(head)
  • To be handicapped by an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.
  • To have influence.
  • Your excuses don't carry weight with me.
  • * 1948 Rollo H. Myers, Erik Satie, D. Dobson, p31
  • When M. Paladilhe was elected my friends said to me: 'Never mind; later on he'll vote for you, Maestro, and his support will carry a lot of weight' . I never had his vote, nor his support, nor his weight.
  • * 2002 Elizabeth Moynihan, Destiny's Whisper, Writers Club Press, p376
  • Manning Senior carries a lot of weight around here, he has a lot of friends ; a lot of professional clout and can obviously get things done just barely within the lines of legality.
  • * 2010 Gordon Ryan, American Voices: State of Rebellion, p247
  • A recommendation from him carries a lot of weight around here.