Class vs Balance - What's the difference?

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Class is a related term of balance.

As verbs the difference between class and balance

is that class is to assign to a class; to classify while balance is .

As a noun class

is (countable) a group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

As an adjective class

is (irish|british|slang) great; fabulous.

class

English

(wikipedia class)

Noun

(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.

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, title= Wolverhampton 1-2 Newcastle , passage=The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.}}

(countable) A social grouping, based on job, wealth, etc. In Britain, society is commonly split into three main classes; upper class, middle class and working class.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.}}

(uncountable) The division of society into classes.

(uncountable) Admirable behavior; elegance.

(countable, and, uncountable) A group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher.

A series of classes covering a single subject.

(countable) A group of students who commenced or completed their education during a particular year. A school class.

(countable) A category of seats in an airplane, train or other means of mass transportation.

(biology, taxonomy, countable) A rank in the classification of organisms, below phylum and above order; a taxon of that rank.

Best of its kind.

(mathematics) A collection of sets definable by a shared property.

(military) A group of people subject to be conscripted in the same military draft, or more narrowly those persons actually conscripted in a particular draft.

(programming, object-oriented) A set of objects having the same behavior (but typically differing in state), or a template defining such a set.

One of the sections into which a Methodist church or congregation is divided, supervised by a class leader .

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* business class * character class * class action * class clown * class diagram * class reunion * class struggle * economy class * equivalence class * first class * form class * middle class * noun class * pitch class * professional class * school class * second class * social class * spectral class * super class * third class * touch of class * upper class * working class * abstract class * anonymous/local class * base class * class diagram * convenience class * factory class * final class * inner class * outer class * static class * subclass * wrapper class

Verb

To assign to a class; to classify.

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To be grouped or classed.

— Tatham.

To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

Derived terms

(Derived terms) * outclass * subclass

Adjective

(-)

(Irish, British, slang) great; fabulous

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balance

English

Alternative forms

* balaunce (obsolete)

Noun

(uncountable) a state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium

(uncountable) mental equilibrium; mental health; calmness, a state of remaining clear-headed and unperturbed

something of equal weight used to provide equilibrium (literally or figuratively); counterweight

These weights are used as a balance for the overhanging verandah.

Blair thought he could provide a useful balance to Bush's policies.

a pair of scales

(uncountable) awareness of both viewpoints or matters; neutrality; rationality; objectivity

(uncountable) the overall result of conflicting forces, opinions etc.; the influence which ultimately "weighs" more than others

The balance of power finally lay with the Royalist forces.

I think the balance of opinion is that we should get out while we're ahead.

* {{quote-news, year=2012

, date=April 19 , author=Josh Halliday , title=Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised? , work=the Guardian citation , page= , passage=The shift in the balance of power online has allowed anyone to publish to the world, from dispirited teenagers in south London to an anonymous cyber-dissident in a Middle East autocracy.}}

(uncountable) apparent harmony in art (between differing colours, sounds, etc.)

(accounting) a list accounting for the debits on one side, and for the credits on the other.

(accounting) the result of such a procedure; the difference between credit and debit of an account.

I just need to nip to a bank and check my balance .

(watchmaking) a device used to regulate the speed of a watch, clock etc.

(legal) the remainder.

The balance of the agreement remains in effect.

(obsolete, astrology) Libra

Synonyms

* (scales) pair of scales, scales, weighing machine, weighbridge (for vehicles) * (equilibrium) equilibrium * (support for both viewpoints) disinterest, even-handedness, fairness, impartiality, neutrality, nonpartisanship * (list of credits and debits) account

Antonyms

* (equilibrium) nonequilibrium, imbalance, unbalance * (support for both viewpoints) bias, favor/favour, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, unfairness

Derived terms

; Accounting: * adjusted trial balance * analytical balance * balance of payments * balance sheet * balanced scorecard * closing balance * comparative balance sheet * trial balance * opening balance ; Other: * balance beam * balance of nature * balance of power * balance of trade * balance wheel * balancing act * chemical balance * hang in the balance * in the balance * keep one's balance * lose one's balance * off balance * on balance * strike a balance * throw off balance

Verb

(balanc)

To bring to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.

To make (items) weigh up.

(figurative) To make (concepts) agree.

* Kent

One expression must check and balance another.

To hold (an object or objects) precariously; to support on a narrow base, so as to keep from falling.

I balanced my mug of coffee on my knee.

The circus performer balances a plate on the end of a baton.

To compare in relative force, importance, value, etc.; to estimate.

* L'Estrange

Balance the good and evil of things.

(dancing) To move toward, and then back from, reciprocally.

to balance partners

(nautical) To contract, as a sail, into a narrower compass.

to balance the boom mainsail

To make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond.

This final payment, or credit, balances the account.

to balance a set of books

* Addison

I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power to balance accounts with my Maker.

To be in equilibrium.

To have matching credits and debits.

Derived terms

* balanced * balance out * balance the books