Weight lifting or weightlifting?
weight lifting is a noun meaning “Alternative form of weightlifting”; weightlifting is a noun meaning “A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and…”. weight lifting is written as two words and weightlifting as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between weight lifting and weightlifting?
| weight lifting | weightlifting | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Meaning | Alternative form of weightlifting | A form of exercise in which weights are lifted A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 1.1 times per million words |
Sources: weight lifting and weightlifting in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of weight lifting and weightlifting
weight lifting
- 1
Alternative form of weightlifting
- 2
Alternative form of weightlifting
weightlifting
- 1
A form of exercise in which weights are lifted
- 2
A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, weight lifting or weightlifting?
weight lifting is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; weightlifting 1.1 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).