Difference between Heavy and Thick

What is the difference between Heavy and Thick?

Heavy as an adjective is having great weight. while Thick as an adjective is relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.

Heavy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having great weight. Serious, somber. good. Profound. High, great. armed. louder, more distorted hot and humid doing the specified activity more intensely than most other people. high in fat or protein; difficult to digest. Of great force, power, or intensity; deep or intense; laden to a great extent.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A villain or bad guy; the one responsible for evil or aggressive acts. A doorman, bouncer or bodyguard.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To use power and/or wealth to exert influence on, e.g., governments or corporations.

Example sentence: You gotta look beyond the mainstream... the mainstream'll drown you, you know? There's always a pulse in the underground that I love. And the pulse in the underground is what keeps heavy metal alive.

Thick

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a thick manner.Thickly.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The thickest, or most active or intense part of something.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.Measuring a certain number of units in this dimension.Heavy in build; thickset.Densely crowded or packed.Having a viscous consistency.Abounding in number.Impenetrable to sight.Difficult to understand, or poorly articulated.Stupid.Friendly or intimate.Deep. intense, or profound.

Example sentence: Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.

We hope you now know whether to use Heavy or Thick in your sentence.

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