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Loaded vs Loaned - What's the difference?

loaded | loaned |

As verbs the difference between loaded and loaned

is that loaded is past tense of load while loaned is past tense of loan.

As an adjective loaded

is burdened by some heavy load; packed.

loaded

English

Verb

(head)
  • (load)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Burdened by some heavy load; packed.
    • Let's leave the TV; the car is loaded already.
  • * 1737 , The Gentleman's Magazine , Volume 7, page 780,
    • With regard to France'' and ''Holland , therefore, I mu?t think, Sir, and it has always been the general Opinion, that the Subjects of each are more loaded and more oppre??ed with Taxes and Exci?es than the People of this Kingdom ;
  • * 1812 , Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal , Volume 8, page 118,
    • .
  • * 1888 , , XIII: Theoretical writings on Architecture,
    • and for that reason the arches of the vaults of any apse should never be more loaded than the arches of the principal building.
  • * 1913 , ,
    • What is known concerning supernatural matters is a sort of common deposit, guarded by everybody, and handed down without any intervention on the part of an authority; fuller in one place, scantier in another, or, again, more loaded with external symbols according to the intelligence, the temperament, the organization, the habits, and the manner of the people's life.
  • * 2011 , Matt Rogan, Martin Rogan, Britain and the Olympic Games: Past, Present, Legacy , page 15,
    • What had traditionally been a morally neutral sport became loaded with a set of Victorian values.
  • (of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber; armed.
    • No funny business; this heater's loaded !
  • (slang) Possessing great wealth.
    • He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded .
  • (slang) Drunk.
    • By the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded .
  • (baseball) Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.
    • It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.
  • (gaming, of a die or dice, also used figuratively) Weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.
    • He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune.
  • * 1996 , Elaine Creith, Undressing Lesbian Sex , page 49,
    • The more we invest in a sexual encounter in a particular person, the more loaded the dice in a dating game that we are forever reminded we must play to win.
  • * 1997 , , Slovo: The Unfinished Autobiography , page 80,
    • If you add to this the fact that the magistrate and the police sergeant are close friends, then the dice could not have been more loaded against my client.
  • * 2009 , Michèle Lowrie, Horace: Odes and Epodes , page 224,
    • Horace has been crippled by being set off against the 'sincerity' and 'spontaneity' of these two; when it comes to the Greek lyricists, the dice are even more loaded against our poet, for the Greeks have not only spontaneity and sincerity on their side, but a phalanx of yet more formidable allies .
  • (of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.
    • That interviewer is tricky; he asks loaded questions.
  • (of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.
    • "Ignorant" is a loaded word, often implying lack of intelligence rather than just lack of knowledge.
  • * 2993 , L. Susan Bond, Contemporary African American Preaching: Diversity in Theory and Style , page 30,
    • The more loaded phrase is the middle one, "she slit his gullet," since it captures a sense of crudeness and suddenness that the other two do not.
  • Equipped with numerous options; deluxe.
    • She went all out; her new car is loaded .

    Related terms

    * loaded for bear

    loaned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (loan)

    • Anagrams

    *

    loan

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lone, lane, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (banking, finance) A sum of money or other valuables or consideration that an individual, group or other legal entity borrows from another individual, group or legal entity (the latter often being a financial institution) with the condition that it be returned or repaid at a later date (sometimes with interest).
  • *
    • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans . Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.}}
  • The contract and array of legal or ethical obligations surrounding a loan.
  • The permission to borrow any item.
    • Hypernyms
    * (something that a legal entity borrows) bailment
    Hyponyms
    * (something that a legal entity borrows) mutuum
    Derived terms
    * bridge loan * caveat loan * loan shark * low-doc loan * swing loan

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lend (something) to (someone).
  • * 2006: — (unidentified episode, but frequently heard from her as a verb)
    • When you loan somebody something, they have the responsibility to safeguard it.
    Usage notes
    * This usage, once widespread in the UK, is now confined to the US (or perhaps parts thereof). * It is often considered preferable to use lend when the object being loaned or lent is something other than money.

    Etymology 2

    See lawn.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) A lonnen.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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