different between impressive vs weighty

impressive

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?m?p??s?v/
  • Rhymes: -?s?v

Adjective

impressive (comparative more impressive, superlative most impressive)

  1. Making, or tending to make, a positive impression; having power to impress
    an impressive speech
    an impressive movie
  2. Capable of being impressed.
  3. Appealing.

Antonyms

  • unimpressive

Derived terms

  • impressiveness

Related terms

  • impression

Translations

Anagrams

  • permissive

impressive From the web:

  • what impressive means


weighty

English

Alternative forms

  • weightie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English weighti, weghti, wighti, equivalent to weight +? -y.

Cognate with Scots weichty, wechty, wichty, Saterland Frisian wichtich, West Frisian wichtich, Dutch wichtig, gewichtig, German wichtig, Danish vægtig, Swedish viktig.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?we?ti/
  • Rhymes: -e?ti

Adjective

weighty (comparative weightier, superlative weightiest)

  1. Heavy (having a lot of weight).
  2. Important; serious; not trivial or petty.
  3. Rigorous; severe; afflictive.

Derived terms

  • weightily
  • weightiness

Translations

weighty From the web:

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  • what does weighted mean in english
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