Featherweight vs. Bantamweight: What's the Difference?

Featherweight and Bantamweight Definitions
Featherweight
A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 126 pounds (56.7 kilograms), between junior featherweight and junior lightweight.
Bantamweight
A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 118 pounds (53.1 kilograms), between junior bantamweight and junior flyweight.
Featherweight
A boxer competing in this weight division.
Bantamweight
A boxer competing in this weight division.
Featherweight
A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.
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Bantamweight
A similar weight division in other sports, such as weightlifting.
Featherweight
A contestant in this weight division.
Bantamweight
A contestant in this weight division.
Featherweight
A person or thing of little weight or size.
Bantamweight
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
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Featherweight
An insignificant person
A political featherweight.
Bantamweight
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
Featherweight
Of or relating to featherweights.
Bantamweight
Weighs 115-126 pounds
Featherweight
Unimportant; trivial
Featherweight political issues.
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Bantamweight
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 119 pounds
Featherweight
A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms.
Featherweight
A sportsman who fights in this division.
Featherweight
The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
Featherweight
An amateur boxer who weighs no more than 126 pounds
Featherweight
Weighs 126-139 pounds
Featherweight
A professional boxer who weighs between 123 and 126 pounds
Featherweight
Of a weight class of 123-126 pounds for prizefighters;
The featherweight class