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Knowing vs Fraught - What's the difference?

knowing | fraught | Synonyms |

Knowing is a synonym of fraught.


As adjectives the difference between knowing and fraught

is that knowing is possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent while fraught is (of a cargo-carrier) laden.

As verbs the difference between knowing and fraught

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

As nouns the difference between knowing and fraught

is that knowing is the act or condition of having knowledge while fraught is (obsolete) the hire of a ship or boat to transport cargo.

knowing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Possessing knowledge or understanding; intelligent.
  • * South
    • The knowing and intelligent part of the world.
  • Shrewd or showing clever awareness.
    • a knowing rascal
  • Suggestive of private knowledge.
  • Deliberate

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * knowingly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or condition of having knowledge.
  • * 2009 , Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition (page 194)
    • Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings .

    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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