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Laden vs Unladen - What's the difference?

laden | unladen |

As adjectives the difference between unladen and laden

is that unladen is not carrying anything; unburdened while laden is weighed down with a load, burdened.

As verbs the difference between unladen and laden

is that unladen is past participle of lang=en while laden is past participle of lang=en.

laden

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Weighed down with a load, burdened.
  • * 1883 , (Robert Louis Stevenson), (Treasure Island)
    • The other men were variously burthened; some carrying picks and shovels—for that had been the very first necessary they brought ashore from the Hispaniola —others laden with pork, bread, and brandy for the midday meal.
  • Heavy.
  • Oppressed.
  • *
    • Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden , drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor;.
  • (label) In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en ----

    unladen

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not carrying anything; unburdened.
  • * 1975 —
    • What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow? (link)

    Verb

    (head)