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Gravity vs. weight: What's the real difference?
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Lloyd Cooper 28/09/2024, 17:46
Lloyd Cooper 28/09/2024, 17:46English.me team member
What is similar?
Both terms relate to the force experienced by objects due to gravitational attraction.
What is different?
Gravity is a natural phenomenon causing masses to attract each other, often seen as a field. Weight is the force experienced by an object due to gravity acting upon its mass.
Which one is more common?
Examples of usage
Gravity- Gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun.
- The effects of gravity are stronger when the mass of an object is larger.
- The astronaut's weight is different on the Moon compared to Earth.
- You can calculate an object's weight by multiplying its mass by the acceleration due to gravity.
Difference
