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Sideroad vs Sideload - What's the difference?

sideroad | sideload |

As a noun sideroad

is a lesser road leading off a main road.

As a verb sideload is

(computing) to transfer data between two local devices, rather than to or from a remote device.

sideroad

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A lesser road leading off a main road.
  • * 1975 , Dale E. Peterson, The clement vision: poetic realism in Turgenev and James (page 100)
    • The path of renunciation has many sideroads .

    sideload

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (computing) To transfer data between two local devices, rather than to or from a remote device.
    • I'm going to sideload my computer's address book onto my mobile phone.
  • * 2010 , Jim Cheshire, Using Nook
    • When you sideload content onto your nook, you'll find the items in My Documents.