5 differences between mass and weight of a body

Unfortunately mass and weight are consider two same quantities but in reality they are two different quantities in physics.Mass is the quantity of matter possessed by a body,while weight is the force of gravity by which earth attracts it.
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We learn the differences between these two quantities in tabular form.
  Mass
 weight
It refers to matter.
 It is a force.
It is base quantity.
It is derived quantity.
It is a scalar quantity.
It is a vector quantity.
It can never be zero.
It can be zero.
It is constant everywhere.
 It is different everywhere.

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