Difference between Press and Weigh

What is the difference between Press and Weigh?

Press as a verb is to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight while Weigh as a verb is to determine the weight of an object.

Press

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A device used to apply pressure to an item. A collective term for the print based media (both the people and the newspapers) An enclosed storage space (eg closet, cupboard). A printing machine. An exercise in which weight is forced away from the body by extension of the arms or legs.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to exert weight or force against, to act upon with with force or weight to compress, squeeze to clasp, hold in an embrace; to hug to reduce to a particular shape or form by pressure, especially flatten or smooth To flatten a selected area of fabric using an iron with an up-and-down, not sliding, motion, so as to avoid disturbing adjacent areas. to drive or thrust by pressure, to force in a certain direction to weigh upon, oppress, trouble to force to a certain end or result; to urge strongly, impel to hasten, urge onward to urge, beseech, entreat to lay stress upon, emphasize to throng, crowd to print

Example sentence: The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.

Weigh

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To determine the weight of an object.Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.To consider a subject.To have a certain weight.To raise an anchor free of the seabed.

Example sentence: Sometimes you are lucky, sometimes you're unlucky. It all weighs out at the end. That is my experience at least.

We hope you now know whether to use Press or Weigh in your sentence.

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