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type: faq
title: "What's the difference between paper weight and paper thickness?"
description: "They measure two different things, and a sheet can be heavy but thin or light but thick. Weight describes mass, thickness describes how the sheet feels bet"
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timestamp: 2026-07-20T18:54:40.856Z
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# What's the difference between paper weight and paper thickness?

They measure two different things, and a sheet can be heavy but thin or light but thick. Weight describes mass, thickness describes how the sheet feels bet

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