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Fraught vs Filled - What's the difference?

fraught | filled | Synonyms |

Fraught is a synonym of filled.


As verbs the difference between fraught and filled

is that fraught is to load (a ship, cargo etc) while filled is (fill).

As adjectives the difference between fraught and filled

is that fraught is (of a cargo-carrier) laden while filled is (label) that is now full.

As a noun fraught

is (obsolete) the hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.

fraught

English

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) The hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.
  • (obsolete) Money paid to hire a ship or boat to transport cargo; freight
    • fraught money .
  • (obsolete) The transportation of goods, especially in a ship or boat.
  • (obsolete) A ship's cargo, lading or freight.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (Scotland) A load; a burden.
  • (Scotland) Two bucketfuls (of water).

    • Derived terms

    * fraught-free

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To load (a ship, cargo etc.).
  • * 1610 , , by Shakespeare
    • Had I been any god of power, I would / Have sunk the sea within the earth, or e'er / It should the good ship so have swallow'd and / The fraughting souls within her.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a cargo-carrier) Laden.
  • * Shakespeare
    • a vessel of our country richly fraught
  • Furnished, equipped.
  • Loaded up, charged or accompanied.
  • * South
    • a discourse fraught with all the commending excellences of speech
  • * I. Taylor
    • enterprises fraught with world-wide benefits
  • * 2005 , .
    • all these matters are fraught with paradox, just as they always have been
  • Distressed.
    • a fraught relationship
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    • References

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    filled

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (label) That is now full.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (fill).
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    • , title= High and wet , passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.

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