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Fraught vs Naught - What's the difference?

fraught | naught |

As nouns the difference between fraught and naught

is that fraught is (obsolete) the hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo while naught is (uk|ireland|australia|nz) (now rare or archaic in us, canada ) zero.

As a verb fraught

is to load (a ship, cargo etc).

As an adjective fraught

is (of a cargo-carrier) laden.

As a pronoun naught is

nothing.

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
  • * '>citation

    • References

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    naught

    English

    Alternative forms

    * nought

    Noun

    (-)
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Zero.
    • Yet another naught on the scoreboard for the home team.
  • (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) (now rare or archaic in US, Canada ) Nothing; nothingness.
    • Naught can come of this, you mark my words.''

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • nothing

    • See also

    * aught * naw * negative * no * noot * not * nought * nowt * ought * zip

    References

    * English third person pronouns