Laze vs Lade - What's the difference?
laze | lade |
Laziness.
An instance of lazing.
To be lazy, waste time.
To pass time relaxing.
Acidic steam created when super-hot lava contacts salt water.
To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
* Bible, Genesis xlii. 26
To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
* Shakespeare
To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
(nautical) To admit water by leakage.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) The mouth of a river.
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
(Scottish) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.
(Webster 1913)
As nouns the difference between laze and lade
is that laze is laziness while lade is the mouth of a river.As verbs the difference between laze and lade
is that laze is to be lazy, waste time while lade is to fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).laze
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(-)Verb
- The cat spent the afternoon lazing in the sun.
Synonyms
* idle * loaf * take it easyDerived terms
* laze about * laze around * lazyEtymology 2
Noun
(-)See also
* vogAnagrams
* zeallade
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), akin to (etyl) ).Verb
- And they laded their asses with the corn.
- to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern
- And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, / Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way.
Etymology 2
English dialect, a ditch or drain. Compare (lode), (lead) to conduct.Noun
(en noun)- (Bishop Gibson)