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Lading vs Lacing - What's the difference?

lading | lacing |

As nouns the difference between lading and lacing

is that lading is (countable) the action of loading while lacing is that with which something is laced.

As verbs the difference between lading and lacing

is that lading is while lacing is .

lading

English

Noun

  • (countable) The action of loading.
  • (uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.
  • * 1719,
    • the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months...

    Synonyms

    * (action of loading) loading * (cargo) freight, load, payload, shipment, consignment

    Derived terms

    * bill of lading

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    lacing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • That with which something is laced.
    • A light lacing of rum goes into the cake batter.
  • The tied laces that form a netlike pattern.
  • A beating as punishment; a hiding.
  • * 1964 , Tom Pyle, ?Beth Day Romulo, Pocantico: Fifty Years on the Rockefeller Domain (page 168)
    • The Nelson family chauffeur, Ed, told me that Steven was missing. Ed was angry that the kid had run off, and he said when he got his hands on him he was going to give him a good lacing

    See also

    * shoelace