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Truckload vs Trunkload - What's the difference?

truckload | trunkload | see also |

As nouns the difference between truckload and trunkload

is that truckload is a full truck or lorry while trunkload is a quantity sufficient to fill the trunk of a car.

truckload

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A full truck or lorry
  • A large number
    • We were expecting just a handful of people to come to the festival, but then a truckload of revellers started arriving at the festival gates

    Usage notes

    * Normally as part of the phrase "a truckload of"

    Synonyms

    * (a full truck) truckful * (a large number) busload

    Related terms

    *

    trunkload

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US) A quantity sufficient to fill the trunk of a car
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 25, Azadeh Moaveni, Wine-Order Bride, New York Times citation
    • , passage=But Joseph’s mobile phone seemed permanently off, and we soon learned that he had been caught by the police with a trunkload of whiskey. }}

    Synonyms

    *trunkful

    See also

    *truckload