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Biased vs Weighted - What's the difference?

biased | weighted |

As verbs the difference between biased and weighted

is that biased is (bias) while weighted is (weight).

As adjectives the difference between biased and weighted

is that biased is exhibiting bias; prejudiced while weighted is having weights on it.

biased

English

Alternative forms

* (UK) biassed

Verb

(head)
  • (bias)
    • She biased them against him for no apparent reason.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • exhibiting bias; prejudiced
    • The newspaper gave a biased account of the incident.
  • angled at a slant
    • The table had a biased edge.

    Synonyms

    * (having a partial view) partial, prejudiced, tendentious

    Anagrams

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    weighted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (weight)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having weights on it.
    • She wore a weighted dress so it wouldn't blow in the wind.
  • Biased, so as to favour one party.
    • The competition was weighted so he'd be the clear favourite to win.
  • (graph theory, of a graph) having values assigned to its edges
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