# Which Weighs More a Pound or a Kilogram?

A kilogram weighs more than a kilogram since 1 pound is just 0.45359237 in kilograms. Kilogram is used as the basic unit for mass in SI. It is abbreviated as kg, while pound is abbreviated as lb as derived from the word 'libras' in Latin meaning weight.
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 Technically, pounds and kilograms are not comparable units. Kilograms measure. mass. which does not change based on where you measure it. Pounds measure. weight. which varies with http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_weighs_more_pounds...
 Thanks? A kilogram weighs twice the amount of a pound. That is. .5KG equals 1 LB. http://www.chacha.com/question/what-weighs-more,-a...
 They are equal....a pound of anything is equal to a pound of anything http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_one_weigh_more_a_p...
 Neither of the two weigh more.both weigh 1-pound. Granted you'd have way more feathers than gold, a pound of gold and a pound of feathers would weigh the same. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_weighs_more_1pound...