Laden vs Loading - What's the difference?
laden | loading |
Weighed down with a load, burdened.
* 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
Heavy.
Oppressed.
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(label) In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to load .
:The loading of hazardous cargoes is not permitted.
(countable) A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.
:I need to recheck the loadings on the external walls.
:The loading on the generators peaks during the early evening.
(Australia, industrial relations, countable) A hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than an equivalent full-time or part-time employee, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave.
As nouns the difference between laden and loading
is that laden is while loading is (uncountable) the action of the verb to load .As a verb loading is
.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;.