Loading vs Abhorrence - What's the difference?
loading | abhorrence |
(uncountable) The action of the verb to load .
:The loading of hazardous cargoes is not permitted.
(countable) A load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied.
:I need to recheck the loadings on the external walls.
:The loading on the generators peaks during the early evening.
(Australia, industrial relations, countable) A hourly pay rate given to a casual employee which is higher than an equivalent full-time or part-time employee, usually paid to compensate for a lack of benefits such as sick leave or annual leave.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
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, year=1818
, author=Mary Shelley
, title=Frankenstein
, chapter=9
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, passage=My abhorrence of this fiend cannot be conceived.}}
(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
