The difference between Import and Weight
When used as nouns, import means something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade, whereas weight means the force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
When used as verbs, import means to bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade, whereas weight means to load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
check bellow for the other definitions of Import and Weight
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Import as a noun (countable):
Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
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Import as a noun (uncountable):
The practice of importing.
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Import as a noun (uncountable):
Significance, importance.
Examples:
"It was a matter of great import."
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
Examples:
"How can I import files from older versions of this application?"
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Import as a verb (intransitive):
To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To be of importance to (someone or something).
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
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Import as a verb (transitive):
To mean, signify.
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Import as a verb (transitive, archaic):
To express, to imply.
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Weight as a noun:
The force on an object due to the gravitational attraction between it and the Earth (or whatever astronomical object it is primarily influenced by).
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Weight as a noun:
An object used to make something heavier.
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Weight as a noun:
A standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object.
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Weight as a noun:
Importance or influence.
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Weight as a noun (weightlifting):
An object, such as a weight plate or barbell, used for strength training.
Examples:
"He's working out with weights."
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Weight as a noun (physics):
Mass (atomic weight, molecular weight, etc.)
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Weight as a noun (physics, proscribed):
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Weight as a noun (measurement):
Mass (net weight, troy weight, carat weight, etc.).
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Weight as a noun (statistics):
A variable which multiplies a value for ease of statistical manipulation.
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Weight as a noun (topology):
The smallest cardinality of a base.
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Weight as a noun (typography):
The boldness of a font; the relative thickness of its strokes.
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Weight as a noun (visual art):
The relative thickness of a drawn rule or painted brushstroke, line weight.
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Weight as a noun (visual art):
The illusion of mass.
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Weight as a noun (visual art):
The thickness and opacity of paint.
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Weight as a noun:
Pressure; burden.
Examples:
"the weight of care or business"
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Weight as a noun:
The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.
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Weight as a noun (slang, uncountable):
Shipments of (often illegal) drugs.
Examples:
"He was pushing weight."
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Weight as a noun (slang, countable):
One pound (1 lb) of drugs, especially cannabis.
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Weight as a verb (transitive):
To add weight to something; to make something heavier. To load (fabrics) with barite, etc. to increase the weight.
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Weight as a verb (transitive):
To load, burden or oppress someone.
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Weight as a verb (transitive, mathematics):
To assign weights to individual statistics.
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Weight as a verb (transitive):
To bias something; to slant.
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Weight as a verb (transitive, horse racing):
To handicap a horse with a specified weight.
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Weight as a verb (transitive, sport):
To give a certain amount of force to a throw, kick, hit, etc.