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What is the difference between lorry and juggernaut?

lorry | juggernaut |

In british terms the difference between lorry and juggernaut

is that lorry is a motor vehicle for transporting goods; a truck while juggernaut is a large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an artic (typically used somewhat disparagingly).

As a verb lorry

is to soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like.

lorry

English

Alternative forms

* (l), (l)

Noun

(lorries)
  • (British) A motor vehicle for transporting goods; a truck.
  • (obsolete) A large low horse-drawn wagon.
  • (dated) A small cart or wagon, as used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.
  • (dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.

    • Synonyms

    * (motor vehicle for goods transport) rig, tractor trailer, truck (US), hauler

    Descendants

    * Malay: (l)

    Verb

  • To soil, dirty, bespatter with mud or the like.

    • juggernaut

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.
  • *{{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Saj Chowdhury , title=Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side.
    In contrast, the Newcastle juggernaut rolls on.}}
  • (British) A large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an artic (typically used somewhat disparagingly).
  • An institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed.

    • Quotations

    * 1895 — , ch XII *: Anon Mr. Hoopdriver found himself riding out of the darkness of non-existence, pedalling Ezekiel's Wheels across the Weald of Surrey, jolting over the hills and smashing villages in his course, while the other man in brown cursed and swore at him and shouted to stop his career. There was the Putney heath-keeper, too, and the man in drab raging at him. He felt an awful fool, a- -what was it?--a juggins, ah!--a Juggernaut .