Gross vs. Nett: What's the Difference?

Exclusive of deductions; total

(dated) net.

Unmitigated in any way; utter

Obsolete form of net

So obvious or conspicuous as to cause or heighten offense

Catch with a net;

Brutishly coarse, as in behavior; crude

Remaining after all deductions;

Disgusting or offensive

Overweight; corpulent

On a large scale; not fine or detailed

Broad; general

Pl. gross·es The entire body or amount, as of income, before necessary deductions have been made.

Pl. gross Abbr. gr. or gro. A group of 144 items; 12 dozen.

To earn as a total income or profit before deductions

(of behaviour considered to be wrong) Highly or conspicuously offensive.

(of an amount) Excluding any deductions; including all associated amounts.

Seen without a microscope (usually for a tissue or an organ); at a large scale; not detailed.

Causing disgust.

Lacking refinement in behaviour or manner; offending a standard of morality.

(of a product) Lacking refinement; not of high quality.

(of a person) Heavy in proportion to one's height; having a lot of excess flesh.

Difficult or impossible to see through.

(archaic) Not sensitive in perception or feeling.

(obsolete) Easy to perceive.

Twelve dozen = 144.

The total nominal earnings or amount, before taxes, expenses, exceptions or similar are deducted. That which remains after all deductions is called net.

The bulk, the mass, the masses.

(transitive) To earn money, not including expenses.

Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

Coarse; rough; not fine or delicate.

Not easily aroused or excited; not sensitive in perception or feeling; dull; witless.

Expressing, or originating in, animal or sensual appetites; hence, coarse, vulgar, low, obscene, or impure.

Disgusting; repulsive; highly offensive; as, a gross remark.

Thick; dense; not attenuated; as, a gross medium.

Great; palpable; serious; vagrant; shameful; as, a gross mistake; gross injustice; gross negligence.

Whole; entire; total; without deduction; as, the gross sum, or gross amount, the gross weight; - opposed to net.

The main body; the chief part, bulk, or mass.

The number of twelve dozen; twelve times twelve; as, a gross of bottles; ten gross of pens.

Twelve dozen

The entire amount of income before any deductions are made

Earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

Before any deductions;

Visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

Of general aspects or broad distinctions;

Repellently fat;

Conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;

Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers;

Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;