Weak vs Heavy - What's the difference?

Weak is a related term of heavy.

In slang|lang=en terms the difference between weak and heavy

is that weak is (slang) bad or uncool while heavy is (slang) a doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

As adjectives the difference between weak and heavy

is that weak is lacking in force (usually strength) or ability while heavy is (of a physical object) having great weight or heavy can be having the heaves.

As an adverb heavy is

heavily.

As a noun heavy is

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

As a verb heavy is

to make heavier.

weak

English

Adjective

(er)

Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.

* Shakespeare

a poor, infirm, weak , and despised old man

* Dryden

weak with hunger, mad with love

Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.

a weak''' timber; a '''weak rope

Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible; vulnerable.

weak''' resolutions; '''weak virtue

* Joseph Addison, The Fair Petinent Act I, scene I:

Guard thy heart / On this weak side, where most our nature fails.

Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.

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(grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including:

# (Germanic languages, of verbs) Regular in inflection, lacking vowel changes and having a past tense with -d- or -t-.

# (Germanic languages, of nouns) Showing less distinct grammatical endings.

# (Germanic languages, of adjectives) Definite in meaning, often used with a definite article or similar word.

(physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.

(slang) Bad or uncool.

(mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted with a statement which implies it.)

Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.

* Milton

If evil thence ensue, / She first his weak indulgence will accuse.

Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.

The prosecution advanced a weak case.

* Milton

convinced of his weak arguing

Lacking in vigour or expression.

a weak''' sentence; a '''weak style

Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.

* Shakespeare

weak prayers

(stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.

a weak market

Synonyms

* (lacking in force or ability) feeble, frail, powerless, vincible, assailable ,vulnerable * (lacking in taste or potency) dilute, watery * See also

Antonyms

* (lacking in force or ability) healthy, powerful, robust, strong, invincible * (lacking in taste or potency) potent, robust, strong

Derived terms

* weaken * weakling * weakness * weak sister

Anagrams

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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.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)

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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

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