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gravity comparison table

Subject	has range	has carrier boson	is a kind of	has definition
fundamental force			force	One of four fundamental forces which mediate particle interaction.
gravity	infinite	graviton	fundamental force	In Aristotelian physics, an innate tendency of the elements earth and water to fall. In Newtonian physics, the universal, mutual, attraction of all massive objects for one another; its force is directly proportional to the mass of each object, and decreases by the square of the distance separating the objects involved. In Einstein's general relativity, gravity is viewed as a consequence of the curvature of space induced by the presence of a massive object. In quantum mechanics the gravitational field is said to be conveyed by quanta called gravitons.

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