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Massy vs Massa - What's the difference?

massy | massa |

As nouns the difference between massy and massa

is that massy is while massa is a mass.

As an adjective massy

is heavy; massive.

As a verb massa is

to mass, to sing/speak (as if) in church.

massy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Heavy; massive.
  • * 1587, Christopher Marlowe, Tamburlaine the Great
  • Their plumed helms are wrought with beaten gold, / Their swords enamell'd, and about their necks / Hang massy chains of gold down to the waist;
  • * 1874 Ralph Waldo Emerson, Heroic
  • When mountains tremble, those two massy pillars / With horrible convulsion to and fro
  • * 2003 October 5-8, J. A. Kosinski, 2003 IEEE Symposium on Ultrasonics , volume 1, ISBN 0-7803-7922-5, abstract, pages 70-73
  • We develop a set of six coupled equations governing the modal amplitudes and phase angles (mode-center offsets) for the flat, piezoelectric plate resonator with massy electrodes of unequal thickness.

    Noun

    (head)
  • * 1860, George Eliot, The Mill on the Floss
  • "But Lors ha' massy , how did you get near such mud as that?" said Sally, ...
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    massa

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, historical, colloquial)
  • Usage notes

    Associated with slavery.

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