Load vs Care - What's the difference?
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A burden; a weight to be carried.
(figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind .
* Dryden
* 2005 , (Coldplay), Green Eyes
A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.
(in combination)
(often, in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.
The volume of work required to be performed.
(engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.
(electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.
(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.
(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:
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.
(vulgar, slang) The semen of an ejaculation.
* 2006 , John Patrick, Barely Legal ,
* 2009 , John Butler Wanderlust ,
To put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).
To place in or on a conveyance or a place of storage.
To put a load on something.
To receive a load.
To be placed into storage or conveyance.
To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.
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.
To fill (an apparatus) with raw material.
To be put into use in an apparatus.
(computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.
(computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.
(baseball) To put runners on first]], [[second base, second and third bases
To tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome.
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.
To place as an encumbrance.
To provide in abundance.
(transitive, archaic, slang) To adulterate or drug.
(archaic) To magnetize.
(obsolete) Grief, sorrow.
*, Bk.V:
*:Than Feraunte his cosyn had grete care and cryed full lowde.
Close attention; concern; responsibility.
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*Shakespeare
*:I thank thee for thy care and honest pains.
Worry.
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Maintenance, upkeep.
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*:Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
The treatment of those in need (especially as a profession).
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The object of watchful attention or anxiety.
*Spenser
*:Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares .
(label) To be concerned about, have an interest in.
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, title= (label) To look after.
(label) To be mindful of.
Polite or formal way to say want.
Load is a related term of care.
As nouns the difference between load and care
is that load is a burden; a weight to be carried while care is tear, rift, crack.As a verb load
is to put a load on or in (a means of conveyance or a place of storage).load
English
Noun
(en noun)- I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.
- Our life's a load .
- I came here with a load and it feels so much lighter, now I’ve met you.
- The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.
- She put another load of clothes in the washing machine.
- I got loads of presents for my birthday!
- I got a load of emails about that.
- Will our web servers be able to cope with that load ?
- Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.
- I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.
- Connect a second 24 ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.
- If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay.
- (Milton)
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- Already, Robbie had dumped a load into his dad, and now, before my very eyes, was Alan's own cock lube seeping out
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- 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, freightDerived terms
* seeVerb
- The dock workers refused to load the ship.
- The longshoremen loaded the cargo quickly.
- He loaded his stuff into his storage locker.
- The truck was supposed to leave at dawn, but in fact we spent all morning loading .
- ''The truck is designed to load easily.
- The containers load quickly and easily .
- I pulled the trigger, but nothing happened. I had forgotten to load the gun.
- Now that you've loaded the film you're ready to start shooting.
- The workers loaded the blast furnace with coke and ore.
- The cartridge was designed to load easily.
- Click OK to load the selected data.
- This program takes an age to load .
- He walks to load the bases.
- 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.
- The new owners had loaded the company with debt.
- The new owners loaded debt on the company.
- He loaded his system with carbs before the marathon.
- He loaded carbs into his system before the marathon.
- to load wine
- (Prior)
Derived terms
* SeeDerived terms
* dead load * download * live load * load-bearing * loaded * loading * loadsamoney * load up * payload * shitload * unit load * upload English collective nouns ----care
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), . See (m).Noun
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Derived terms
* caregiving * Care Sunday * managed care * primary care * secondary care * take care of * tertiary careQuotations
* 1925 , Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera , silent movie *: ‘Have a care , Buquet—ghosts like not to be seen or talked about!’Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), (m), from (etyl) .Verb
(car)TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992), passage=This newfound infatuation renders Bart uncharacteristically vulnerable. He suddenly has something to care about beyond causing trouble and makes a dramatic transformation from hell-raiser to gentleman about town.}}