Eli5 How do we know that gravity and acceleration is two different thing?

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How do we know that gravity is not an accelerated expanding of space?

It seems to do almost same thing to interacting objects.

“it’s complicated” comment is not welcome.

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Can you explain more what you mean? Gravity tends to bring things closer together, so wouldn’t it be a contraction of space, if anything, rather than an expansion?

And how does that work when I feel pressure from the soles of my feet against the ground? Is there space expansion or contraction at the interface between my feet and the ground, and that’s why I feel pressure?

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