What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Freight vs Payload - What's the difference?

freight | payload |

As nouns the difference between freight and payload

is that freight is payment for transportation while payload is that part of a cargo that produces revenue.

As a verb freight

is to transport (goods).

freight

English

Noun

(-)
  • Payment for transportation.
    • The freight was more expensive for cars than for coal.
  • Goods or items in transport.
    • The freight shifted and the trailer turned over on the highway.
  • Transport of goods.
    • They shipped it ordinary freight to spare the expense.
  • (label) Cultural or emotional associations.
    • A wedding ring is small, but it has massive emotional freight .

    Synonyms

    * cargo * luggage

    Derived terms

    * freight car * freighter * freight yard * pay the freight

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To transport (goods).
  • To load with freight. Also figurative .
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * fraught

    Anagrams

    * *

    See also

    * English words not following the I before E except after C rule

    payload

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia payload) (en noun)
  • That part of a cargo that produces revenue
  • The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft
  • That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
  • (computing) The functional part of a computer virus rather than the part that spreads it
  • (communication) The actual data in a data stream