Offloaded vs Overloaded - What's the difference?
offloaded | overloaded |
(offload)
to unload
to get rid of things, work, or problems by passing them on to someone or something else
The act of offloading something, or diverting it elsewhere.
* 2013 , Bertrand Dufrasne, ?Bruno Anderson Barbosa, ?Peter Cronauer, IBM System Storage DS8870 Architecture and Implementation
(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
, 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.}}
(overload)
loaded too heavily
of a word, having multiple meanings depending on context
(computing) of a name, used for more than one variable or procedure etc; differentiated by the compiler based on context
As verbs the difference between offloaded and overloaded
is that offloaded is past tense of offload while overloaded is past tense of overload.As an adjective overloaded is
loaded too heavily.offloaded
English
Verb
(head)offload
English
Alternative forms
* off-loadVerb
(en verb)- He offloaded the defective car onto an unsuspecting buyer.
Noun
(en noun)- For environments that do not allow FTP traffic out to the Internet, the DS8870 also supports offload of data by using SSL security.
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