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Load vs Board - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between load and board

is that load is to provide in abundance while board is to obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation.

In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between load and board

is that load is (archaic) to magnetize while board is (archaic) a long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

As nouns the difference between load and board

is that load is a burden; a weight to be carried while board is a relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making or board can be (basketball|informal) a rebound.

As verbs the difference between load and board

is that load is to put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage) while board is to step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

load

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A burden; a weight to be carried.
  • I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
  • (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind .
  • * Dryden
  • Our life's a load .
  • * 2005 , (Coldplay), Green Eyes
  • I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter, now I’ve met you.
  • A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
  • The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.
    She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
  • (in combination)
  • (often, in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
  • I got loads of presents for my birthday!
    I got a load of emails about that.
  • The volume of work required to be performed.
  • Will our web servers be able to cope with that load ?
  • (engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
  • Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
  • (electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
  • I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
  • (engineering) The work done by a steam engine or other prime mover when working.
  • (electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.
  • Connect a second 24 ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
  • (obsolete) A unit of measure, often equivalent to the capacity of a waggon, but later becoming more specific measures of weight.
  • * 1866 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , Volume 1, p. 172:
  • If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay.
  • A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.
  • The charge of powder for a firearm.
  • (obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.
  • (Milton)
  • (vulgar, slang) The semen of an ejaculation.
  • * 2006 , John Patrick, Barely Legal , page 102
  • Already, Robbie had dumped a load into his dad, and now, before my very eyes, was Alan's own cock lube seeping out
  • * 2009 , John Butler Wanderlust , page 35
  • It felt so good, I wanted to just keep going until I blew a load down his throat, but I hadn't even seen his ass yet, and I sure didn't want to come yet.

    Synonyms

    * charge, freight

    Derived terms

    * see

    Verb

  • To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
  • The dock workers refused to load the ship.
  • To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
  • The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
    He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.
  • To put a load on something.
  • The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading .
  • To receive a load.
  • ''The truck is designed to load easily.
  • To be placed into storage or conveyance.
  • The containers load quickly and easily .
  • To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
  • I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
  • To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.
  • Now that you've loaded the film you're ready to start shooting.
  • To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
  • The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
  • To be put into use in an apparatus.
  • The cartridge was designed to load easily.
  • (computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
  • Click OK to load the selected data.
  • (computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
  • This program takes an age to load .
  • (baseball) To put runners on first]], [[second base, second and third bases
  • He walks to load the bases.
  • To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
  • You can load the dice in your favour by researching the company before your interview.
    The wording of the ballot paper loaded the vote in favour of the Conservative candidate.
  • To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.
  • To encumber with something negative.
  • The new owners had loaded the company with debt.
  • To place as an encumbrance.
  • The new owners loaded debt on the company.
  • To provide in abundance.
  • He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon.
    He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.
  • (transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.
  • to load wine
  • (archaic) To magnetize.
  • (Prior)

    Derived terms

    * See

    Derived terms

    * dead load * download * live load * load-bearing * loaded * loading * loadsamoney * load up * payload * shitload * unit load * upload English collective nouns ----

    board

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) bord, (etyl) , from (etyl) . (wikipedia board)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
  • *
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  • A device (, switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
  • A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
  • Each player starts the game with four counters on the board .
  • Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.
  • A committee that manages the business of an organization, , a board of directors .
  • (uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
  • (nautical) The side of a ship.
  • * Dryden
  • Now board to board the rival vessels row.
  • (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
  • (ice hockey) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
  • (archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
  • * Milton
  • Fruit of all kinds / She gathers, tribute large, and on the board / Heaps with unsparing hand.
  • Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
  • to bind a book in boards
    Derived terms
    * poster board * aboard * above board * across the board * baseboard * blackboard * board game * boardroom * boardwalk * board of advirsors * board of directors * board of trustees * bodyboard, body board, body-board * boogieboard, boogie board, boogie-board * bulletin board * chalkboard * checkerboard * chessboard * chipboard * circuit board * clapboard * clapperboard * corkboard, cork-board * dartboard * dashboard * drawing board * duckboard * emery board * floorboard, floor board, floor-board * ironing board * keyboard * off board * on board * particle board * plasterboard * protoboard * room and board * sandwich board * skateboard * skirting board * snowboard * spine board * surfboard * sounding board * thumbboard * outboard * weatherboard * whiteboard
    See also
    * batten * beam * lath * plank * pole * slab * veneer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
  • It is time to board the aircraft.
  • * Totten
  • You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication.
  • To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
  • to board one's horse at a livery stable
  • To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
  • * Spectator
  • We board in the same house.
  • (nautical) To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
  • To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
  • To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iv:
  • Ere long with like againe he boorded mee, / Saying, he now had boulted all the floure
  • To cover with boards or boarding.
  • to board a house
  • * Cowper
  • the boarded hovel
  • To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
  • Etymology 2

    From backboard

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (basketball, informal) A rebound.
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