Mass
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To celebrate mass. To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism. Celebration of the Eucharist. The sacrament of the Eucharist. A musical setting of parts of the mass. A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water. A large quantity; a sum. Bulk; magnitude; body; size. The principal part; the main body. The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement. A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass. A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor. Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
Example sentence: The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
Volume
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A unit of three dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement. (The room is 9x12x8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.)Strength of sound. Measured in decibels. (Please turn down the volume on the stereo.)The issues of a periodical over a period of one year. (I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45.)A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia. (The letter "G" was found in volume 4.)A synonym for quantity. (The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.)The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
Example sentence: When I slept it was literally in the midst of an arsenal. If I heard dogs bark more fiercely than usual, or the feet of horses in a greater volume of sound than usual, I stood to arms.