Service vs. Mass

Servicenoun

An act of being of assistance to someone.

Servicenoun

(economics) The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.

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A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.

Servicenoun

(computing) A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.

Servicenoun

The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group

Servicenoun

The military.

Servicenoun

A set of dishes or utensils.

Servicenoun

(sports) The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.

Servicenoun

A religious rite or ritual.

Servicenoun

(legal) The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.

Servicenoun

A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.

Servicenoun

A musical composition for use in churches.

Servicenoun

(obsolete) Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

Servicenoun

(nautical) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.

Serviceverb

(transitive) To serve.

Serviceverb

(transitive) To perform maintenance.

Serviceverb

To inseminate through sexual intercourse

Serviceverb

To perform a sexual act.

Servicenoun

A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries.

Servicenoun

The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love.

Servicenoun

The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office.

Servicenoun

Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service.

Servicenoun

Hence, a musical composition for use in churches.

Servicenoun

Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier.

Servicenoun

Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail.

Servicenoun

Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.

Servicenoun

The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass.

Servicenoun

The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subpŒna or an attachment.

Servicenoun

The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc.

Servicenoun

The act of serving the ball.

Servicenoun

Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13.

Servicenoun

work done by one person or group that benefits another;

Servicenoun

a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation

Servicenoun

the act of public worship following prescribed rules;

Servicenoun

an act of help or assistance;

Servicenoun

employment in or work for another;

Servicenoun

a force that is a branch of the armed forces

Servicenoun

the performance of duties by a waiter or servant;

Servicenoun

periodic maintenance on a car or machine;

Servicenoun

tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table

Servicenoun

(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play;

Servicenoun

the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone;

Servicenoun

Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958)

Servicenoun

a means of serving;

Servicenoun

the act of mating by male animals;

Servicenoun

(law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him

Serviceverb

be used by; as of a utility;

Serviceverb

make fit for use;

Serviceverb

mate with;

Servicenoun

the action of helping or doing work for someone

Servicenoun

an act of assistance

Servicenoun

assistance or advice given to customers during and after the sale of goods

Servicenoun

the action of serving food and drinks to customers

Servicenoun

short for service charge

Servicenoun

a period of employment with a company or organization

Servicenoun

employment as a servant

Servicenoun

the use which can be made of a machine

Servicenoun

a system supplying a public need such as transport, communications, or utilities such as electricity and water

Servicenoun

a public department or organization run by the state

Servicenoun

the armed forces

Servicenoun

an area with parking beside a major road supplying petrol, refreshments, and other amenities to motorists.

Servicenoun

a ceremony of religious worship according to a prescribed form

Servicenoun

a periodic routine inspection and maintenance of a vehicle or other machine

Servicenoun

a set of matching crockery used for serving a particular meal

Servicenoun

(in tennis and other racket sports) the action or right of serving to begin play.

Servicenoun

a serve.

Servicenoun

the formal delivery of a document such as a writ or summons.

Serviceverb

perform routine maintenance or repair work on (a vehicle or machine)

Serviceverb

supply and maintain systems for public utilities and transport and communications in (an area)

Serviceverb

perform a service or services for (someone)

Serviceverb

pay interest on (a debt)

Serviceverb

(of a male animal) mate with (a female animal)

Serviceverb

have sexual intercourse with or give sexual gratification to (someone).

Massnoun

(physical) Matter, material.

Massnoun

A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size

Massnoun

(obsolete) Precious metal, especially gold or silver.

Massnoun

(physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. It is measured in kilograms in the SI system of measurement.

Massnoun

(pharmacy) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.

Massnoun

(medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.

Massnoun

(bodybuilding) Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.

Massnoun

(proscribed) weight

Massnoun

A large quantity; a sum.

Massnoun

(quantity) Large in number.

Massnoun

Bulk; magnitude; body; size.

Massnoun

The principal part; the main body.

Massnoun

A large body of individuals, especially persons.

Massnoun

(in the plural) The lower classes of persons.

Massnoun

(Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.

Massnoun

(Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.

Massnoun

The sacrament of the Eucharist.

Massnoun

A musical setting of parts of the mass.

Massverb

(transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

Massverb

(intransitive) To have a certain mass.

Massverb

To celebrate mass.

Massadjective

Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.

Massadjective

Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.

Massnoun

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

Massnoun

The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; - namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus.

Massnoun

A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size; as, a mass of ore, metal, sand, or water.

Massnoun

A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.

Massnoun

A large quantity; a sum.

Massnoun

Bulk; magnitude; body; size.

Massnoun

The principal part; the main body.

Massnoun

The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume.

Massverb

To celebrate Mass.

Massverb

To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.

Massnoun

the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

Massnoun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent;

Massnoun

an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

Massnoun

(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

Massnoun

a body of matter without definite shape;

Massnoun

the common people generally;

Massnoun

the property of something that is great in magnitude;

Massnoun

a musical setting for a Mass;

Massnoun

a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian eucharistic rite;

Massverb

join together into a mass or collect or form a mass;

Massadjective

occurring widely (as to many people);

Massadjective

gathered or tending to gather into a mass or whole;

Massnoun

the celebration of the Christian Eucharist, especially in the Roman Catholic Church

Massnoun

a particular celebration of the Eucharist

Massnoun

a musical setting of parts of the liturgy used in the Mass

Massadjective

involving or affecting large numbers of people or things

Massverb

assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass

Mass

Mass is both a property of a physical body and a measure of its resistance to acceleration (rate of change of velocity with respect to time) when a net force is applied. An object's mass also determines the strength of its gravitational attraction to other bodies.