Heavy vs Slow - What's the difference?

Heavy is a synonym of slow.

In music|lang=en terms the difference between heavy and slow

is that heavy is (music) louder, more distorted while slow is (music) a slow song.

As adjectives the difference between heavy and slow

is that heavy is (of a physical object) having great weight or heavy can be having the heaves while slow is taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

As adverbs the difference between heavy and slow

is that heavy is heavily while slow is slowly.

As nouns the difference between heavy and slow

is that heavy is a villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts while slow is someone who is slow; a sluggard.

As verbs the difference between heavy and slow

is that heavy is to make heavier while slow is to make (something) run, move, etc less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

heavy

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) hevy, .

Adjective

(er)

(of a physical object) Having great weight.

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(of a topic) Serious, somber.

Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive.

heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc.

* Bible, 1 Sam. v. 6

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod.

* Shakespeare

The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.

* Wordsworth

Sent hither to impart the heavy news.

(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

The surf was not heavy , and there was no undertow, so we made shore easily, effecting an equally easy landing.

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Laden to a great extent.

Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with grief, pain, disappointment, etc.

* Chapman

The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were.

* Shakespeare

A light wife doth make a heavy husband.

Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid.

a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, etc.

a heavy writer or book

* Shakespeare

whilst the heavy ploughman snores

* Dryden

a heavy , dull, degenerate mind

* Bible, Is. lix. 1

Neither [is] his ear heavy , that it cannot hear.

Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey.

a heavy''' road; a '''heavy soil

Not raised or leavened.

heavy bread

Having much body or strength; said of wines or spirits.

(obsolete) With child; pregnant.

Synonyms

* sweer/swear

Derived 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-heavy

Adverb

(en adverb)

heavily

heavy laden with their sins

(India, colloquial) very

Noun

(en-noun)

A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts.

With his wrinkled, uneven face, the actor always seemed to play the heavy in films.

(slang) A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

A fight started outside the bar but the heavies came out and stopped it.

(aviation) A large multi-engined aircraft.

The term heavy normally follows the call-sign when used by air traffic controllers.

Verb

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.

The union was well known for the methods it used to heavy many businesses.

* 1985 , Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives Weekly Hansard , Issue 11, Part 1, page 1570,

the Prime Minister sought to evade the simple fact that he heavied Mr Reid to get rid of Dr Armstrong.

* 2001 , Finola Moorhead, Darkness More Visible , Spinifex Press, Australia, page 557,

But he is on the wrong horse, heavying me. My phone?s tapped. Well, he won?t find anything.

* 2005 , David Clune, Ken Turner (editors), The Premiers of New South Wales, 1856-2005 , Volume 3: 1901-2005, page 421,

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

Adjective

(en adjective)

Having the heaves.

a heavy horse

Statistics

* 1000 English basic words

slow

English

Adjective

(er)

Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.

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Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.

* (John Milton)

These changes in the heavens, though slow , produced / Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast.

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Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.

Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.

* The Bible, Prov. xiv. 29

He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.

(of a clock or the like) Behind]] in time; indicating a time [[early, earlier than the true time.

Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.

(of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.

Synonyms

* See also * (taking a long time to move a short distance) deliberate; moderate * (not happening in a short time) gradual * (of reduced intellectual capacity) dull-witted * (acting with deliberation) dilatory, inactive, tardy, slothful, sluggish * (lacking spirit) boring, dull

Antonyms

* (taking a long time to move a short distance) fast, quick, rapid, swift * (of reduced intellectual capacity) prompt, quick * (acting with deliberation) hasty, precipitate, prompt * (lacking spirit) brisk, lively

Derived terms

* slow motion, slo-mo * slow-belly * slow burn * slowish * slowly * slow march * slowness * slowpoke

Verb

(en verb)

To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.

To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.

To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.

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After about a minute, the creek bed vomited the debris into a gently sloped meadow. Saugstad felt the snow slow and tried to keep her hands in front of her.

Synonyms

* (keep from going quickly) delay, hinder, retard * (become slow) decelerate, slacken

Derived terms

* slower * slow up * slow down

Noun

(en noun)

Someone who is slow; a sluggard.

(music) A slow song.

Adverb

(er)

Slowly.

That clock is running slow .

* Shakespeare

Let him have time to mark how slow time goes / In time of sorrow.

Anagrams

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