Heaviest vs Fattest - What's the difference?
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(heavy)
(of a physical object) Having great weight.
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(of a topic) Serious, somber.
Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.
* Bible, 1 Sam. v. 6
* Shakespeare
* Wordsworth
(British, slang, dated) Good.
Profound.
(of a rate of flow) High, great.
(slang) Armed.
(music) Louder, more distorted.
(of weather) Hot and humid.
(of a person) Doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people.
(of food) High in fat or protein; difficult to digest.
Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense.
* 1918 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Chapter IV
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Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.
* Chapman
* Shakespeare
Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.
* Shakespeare
* Dryden
* Bible, Is. lix. 1
Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.
Not raised or leavened.
Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.
(obsolete) With child; pregnant.
A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.
(slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.
(aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.
To make heavier.
To sadden.
(Australia, New Zealand, informal) To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations; to pressure.
* 1985 , Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives Weekly Hansard , Issue 11, Part 1,
* 2001 , Finola Moorhead, Darkness More Visible , Spinifex Press, Australia,
* 2005 , David Clune, Ken Turner (editors), The Premiers of New South Wales, 1856-2005 , Volume 3: 1901-2005,
(fat)
(obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.
* Bible, Joel ii. 24
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(obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.
Carrying more fat than usual on one's body; plump; not lean or thin.
:The fat man had trouble getting through the door.
:The fattest pig should yield the most meat.
Thick.
:The fat wallets of the men from the city brought joy to the peddlers.
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Bountiful.
Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; said of food.
(obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.
*(Ralph Waldo Emerson) (1803-1882)
*:making our western wits fat and mean
*(Bible), (w) vi. 10
*:Make the heart of this people fat .
Fertile; productive.
:a fat''' soil; a '''fat pasture
Rich; producing a large income; desirable.
:a fat''' benefice; a '''fat''' office; a '''fat job
*(Thomas Carlyle) (1795-1881)
*:now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk
Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate.
*(Jonathan Swift) (1667–1745)
*:persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures
(dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.
:a fat''' take; a '''fat page
(uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with a high oil content, used for long-term storage of energy.
(countable) A refined substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat.
That part of an organization deemed wasteful.
(slang) An erection.
(golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)
The best or richest productions; the best part.
(dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.
(archaic) To make fat; to fatten.
(archaic) To become fat; to fatten.
As adjectives the difference between heaviest and fattest
is that heaviest is superlative of heavy while fattest is superlative of fat.heaviest
English
Adjective
(head)heavy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) hevy, .Adjective
(er)- heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.
- The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.
- The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.
- Sent hither to impart the heavy news.
- The surf was not heavy , and there was no undertow, so we made shore easily, effecting an equally easy landing.
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- The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.
- A light wife doth make a heavy husband.
- a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.
- a heavy writer or book
- whilst the heavy ploughman snores
- a heavy , dull, degenerate mind
- Neither [is] his ear heavy , that it cannot hear.
- a heavy''' road; a '''heavy soil
- heavy bread
Synonyms
* sweer/swearDerived terms
(heavy) * heavily * heaviness * heavy-armed * heavy artillery * heavy chain * heavy-coated * heavy cream * heavy drinker * heavy-duty * heavy-footed * heavy goods * heavy-handed * heavyhead * heavy-headed * heavy heart * heavy-hearted * heavy hitter * heavy hydrogen * heavy industry * heavy ion * heavyish * heavy-laden * heavy-lift * heavy lifting * heavy metal * heavy oil * heavy particle * heavy roller * heavy sea * heavy-set/heavyset * heavy sink * heavy spar * heavy tail * heavy water * heavyweight * heavy wet * HGV * hot and heavy * semi-heavy * top-heavyNoun
(en-noun)- With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.
- A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.
- The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.
Verb
- The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.
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- the Prime Minister sought to evade the simple fact that he heavied Mr Reid to get rid of Dr Armstrong.
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- But he is on the wrong horse, heavying me. My phone?s tapped. Well, he won?t find anything.
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- But the next two days of the Conference also produced some very visible lobbying for the succession and apparent heavying of contenders like Brereton, Anderson and Mulock - much of it caught on television.
Etymology 2
Statistics
* 1000 English basic wordsfattest
English
Adjective
(head)fat
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . See (l).Noun
(en noun)- The fats shall overflow with wine[, strong drink] and oil.
- In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat', for 6s. 10d., a wort ' fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d.
Synonyms
* vatEtymology 2
From (etyl), from (etyl) .Adjective
(fatter)Synonyms
* (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) chubby, chunky, corpulent, lardy (slang), obese, overweight, plump, porky (slang), rotund, tubby, well-fed; see also * (thick) thick * (bountiful) bountiful, prosperousAntonyms
* Of sense (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat) lean, skinny, slender, slim, thinDerived terms
* (l), (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) *Noun
(en-noun)- We need to trim the fat in this company
- "I saw Daniel crack a fat ."
- to live on the fat of the land
Synonyms
* (animal tissue) adipose tissue, lard (in animals''; ''derogatory slang when used of human fat ) * (substance chemically resembling the oils in animal fat) grease, lardDerived terms
* * fat camp * fat chance * fattenSee also
* ("fat" on Wikipedia)Verb
- kill the fatted calf