What is the difference between Load and Lode?
What is the difference between Load and Lode? :
Load : (noun)
( 1 ) Thing that is being carried or to be carried
He carried a load of sand.
( 2 ) Amount of work that a motor, an engine, etc…is required to do
The load that this lorry can carry is only 10,000kg.
( 3 ) Amount of electric current supplied by a dynoamo oe generating station
This powerful machine needs heavy load.
( 4 ) Weight of responsibility, worry, grief, etc…
I have a heavy load of work to do.
Load : (verb)
( 1 ) Put a load in or on something / someone
They loaded the lorry with bricks.
( 2 ) Receive a load
The boat is still loading.
( 3 ) Put film in a camera or ammunition into a gun
Be careful. That gun is loaded.
Please load the camera before you go out.
Lode : (noun)
( 1 ) A veinlike deposit, usually metalliferous
Any body of ore set off from adjacent rock formations
A rich supply or source
British : a waterway or channel