Conceptually I understand that mass is a measure of the amount of stuff present in an object, while weight is a measure of the force of gravity applied to that object. An object of a given mass will have a bigger weight on Earth than on the moon because Earth’s gravity is stronger. But… mass is determined by weighing an object on a scale. And there is a simple mathematical conversion between grams (mass) and pounds (weight), implying that they’re just different units for the same concept. So what gives? (Also this is a question that applies to so many fields, I had no idea which flair to apply.)
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Mass: how much stuff there is combined in the object youre talking abouy. Stuff here means atomic bits. Mass is just counting how many atomics you have.
Weight: how much gravity effects your atomic bits. This changes when gravity effects you less, like being further away from big objects when in space.
Could be wrong but this is how I think about it
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