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Loading vs Feed - What's the difference?

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In uncountable terms the difference between loading and feed

is that loading is the action of the verb to load while feed is food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.

In countable terms the difference between loading and feed

is that loading is a load, especially in the engineering and electrical engineering senses of force exerted, or electrical current or power supplied while feed is a gathering to eat, especially in quantity.

loading

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • feed

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) feden, from (etyl) through Indo-European. More at (l), (l).

    Verb

  • (lb) To give (someone or something) food to eat.
  • :
  • *Bible, (w) xii.20:
  • *:If thine enemy hunger, feed him.
  • (lb) To eat (usually of animals).
  • :
  • *
  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ.
  • (lb) To give (someone or something) to (someone or something else) as food.
  • :
  • *2012 December 25 (airdate), (Steven Moffat), The Snowmen'' (''Doctor Who )
  • *:DR SIMEON: I said I'd feed you. I didn't say who to.
  • (lb) To give to a machine to be processed.
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  • :
  • (lb) To satisfy, gratify, or minister to (a sense, taste, desire, etc.).
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
  • *(Richard Knolles) (1545-1610)
  • *:feeding him with the hope of liberty
  • To supply with something.
  • :
  • To graze; to cause to be cropped by feeding, as herbage by cattle.
  • :
  • *Mortimer
  • *:Once in three years feed your mowing lands.
  • To pass to.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 28, author=Kevin Darlin, work=BBC
  • , title= West Brom 1-3 Blackburn , passage=Morrison then played a pivotal role in West Brom's equaliser, powering through the middle and feeding Tchoyi, whose low, teasing right-wing cross was poked in by Thomas at the far post}}
  • To create the environment where another phonological rule can apply.
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  • Noun

  • (uncountable) Food given to (especially herbivorous) animals.
  • They sell feed , riding helmets, and everything else for horses.
  • Something supplied continuously.
  • a satellite feed
  • The part of a machine that supplies the material to be operated upon.
  • the paper feed of a printer
  • (countable) A gathering to eat, especially in quantity
  • They held a crab feed on the beach.
  • (Internet) Encapsulated online content, such as news or a blog, that can be subscribed to.
  • I've subscribed to the feeds of my favourite blogs, so I can find out when new posts are added without having to visit those sites.
    Derived terms
    * atom feed * data feed * live Internet feed * Internet feed * RSS feed, syndication feed * Web feed

    Derived terms

    * bite the hand that feeds one * chicken feed * feed dog * feeding frenzy * feed one's face * feedstock * * misfeed * off one's feed * overfeed * underfeed

    Etymology 2

    + -(e)d