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Bootload vs Boatload - What's the difference?

bootload | boatload |

As nouns the difference between bootload and boatload

is that bootload is (uk) as much as the boot of a car can hold; a trunkload while boatload is (slang) a large quantity.

bootload

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (UK) As much as the boot of a car can hold; a trunkload.
  • (computing) The work done by a boot loader; the startup of an operating system.

    • boatload

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) A large quantity.
    • He showed up an hour later with a whole boatload of hamburgers, chips, cookies, and assorted other munchies, not to mention sodas and beer, and we all fell in and stuffed ourselves silly.
  • * 2006 , Rob Pegoraro, "Waiting for the Winner of a High-Definition High Noon", The Washington Post , December 10 [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/09/AR2006120900011.html]
    • What's a fair price to pay for video perfection, or even something that looks a lot like it? In the case of high-definition movie discs, the answer may not just be "a boatload of money," but having to keep two incompatible players under the TV set.

    Related terms

    * * containerload