Offload vs Offloader - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between offload and offloader

is that offload is the act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere while offloader is one who, or that which, offloads.

As a verb offload

is to unload.

offload

English

Alternative forms

* off-load

Verb

(en verb)

to unload

to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else

He offloaded the defective car onto an unsuspecting buyer.

Noun

(en noun)

The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.

* 2013 , Bertrand Dufrasne, ?Bruno Anderson Barbosa, ?Peter Cronauer, IBM System Storage DS8870 Architecture and Implementation

For environments that do not allow FTP traffic out to the Internet, the DS8870 also supports offload of data by using SSL security.

(rugby) The act of passing the ball to a team mate when tackled.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 16, author=Ben Dirs, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand 83-7 Japan, work=BBC Sport citation

, passage=Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line.}}