Gross vs. Nett: What's the Difference?

Gross and Nett Definitions
Gross
Exclusive of deductions; total
Gross profits.
Nett
(dated) net.
Nett price; nett weight
Gross
Unmitigated in any way; utter
Gross incompetence.
Nett
Obsolete form of net
Gross
So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense
Gross injustice.
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Nett
Catch with a net;
Net a fish
Gross
Brutishly coarse, as in behavior; crude
"It is futile to expect a hungry and squalid population to be anything but violent and gross" (Thomas H. Huxley).
Nett
Remaining after all deductions;
Net profit
Gross
Disgusting or offensive
Don't you think slugs are gross? He told a gross joke.
Gross
Overweight; corpulent
"Sally is fat. She is gross. She must weigh twelve stone and more" (Margaret Drabble).
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Gross
On a large scale; not fine or detailed
Gross anatomical similarities.
Gross motor skills.
Gross
Broad; general
The gross necessities of life.
Gross
Pl. gross·es The entire body or amount, as of income, before necessary deductions have been made.
Gross
Pl. gross Abbr. gr. or gro. A group of 144 items; 12 dozen.
Gross
To earn as a total income or profit before deductions
The store grossed $10,000 last month.
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Gross
(of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.
A gross mistake;
Gross injustice;
Gross negligence; a gross insult
Gross
(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.
Gross domestic product; gross income; gross weight
Gross
Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.
Gross anatomy
Gross
Causing disgust.
I threw up all over the bed. It was totally gross.
Gross
Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.
Gross
(of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.
Gross
(of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.
Gross
Difficult or impossible to see through.
Gross
(archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.
Gross
(obsolete) Easy to perceive.
Gross
Twelve dozen = 144.
Gross
The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.
Gross
The bulk, the mass, the masses.
Gross
(transitive) To earn money, not including expenses.
The movie grossed three million on the first weekend.
Gross
Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.
A gross body of horse under the Duke.
Gross
Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.
Gross
Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.
Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear.
Gross
Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.
The terms which are delicate in one age become gross in the next.
Gross
Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a gross remark.
Gross
Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.
Gross
Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.
Gross
Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; - opposed to net.
Gross
The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.
For the gross of the people, they are considered as a mere herd of cattle.
Gross
The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.
Gross
Twelve dozen
Gross
The entire amount of income before any deductions are made
Gross
Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.
Gross
Before any deductions;
Gross income
Gross
Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)
Gross
Of general aspects or broad distinctions;
The gross details of the structure appear reasonable
Gross
Repellently fat;
A bald porcine old man
Gross
Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;
A crying shame
An egregious lie
Flagrant violation of human rights
A glaring error
Gross ineptitude
Gross injustice
Rank treachery
Gross
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;
An arrant fool
A complete coward
A consummate fool
A double-dyed villain
Gross negligence
A perfect idiot
Pure folly
What a sodding mess
Stark staring mad
A thoroughgoing villain
Utter nonsense
Gross
Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;
Coarse language
A crude joke
Crude behavior
An earthy sense of humor
A revoltingly gross expletive
A vulgar gesture
Full of language so vulgar it should have been edited