Laden vs Laid - What's the difference?
laden | laid |
Weighed down with a load, burdened.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
Heavy.
Oppressed.
*
(label) In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.
(lay)
(of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
As adjectives the difference between laden and laid
is that laden is weighed down with a load, burdened while laid is marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.As verbs the difference between laden and laid
is that laden is past participle of lang=en while laid is past tense of lay.laden
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola —others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.
- Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden , drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.