Difference between Cargo and Load

What is the difference between Cargo and Load?

Cargo as a noun is freight carried by a ship, aircraft etc. while Load as a noun is a burden; a weight to be carried.

Cargo

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Freight carried by a ship, aircraft etc. (Papua New Guinea) Western material goods.

Example sentence: We produce motor drive electronics; we produce cargo systems for large narrow-body and wide-body airplanes and, more importantly, the emergency escape chute that goes on these planes.

Load

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To put a load on (something).To fill (a firearm or artillery) with munition.To insert (an item or items) into an apparatus so as to ready it for operation, such as a reel of film into a camera, sheets of paper into a printer etc.(computing) To read (data or a program) from a storage medium into computer memory.(computing) To transfer from a storage medium into computer memory.To fill the bases with runnersTo tamper with so as to produce a biased outcome. Often used figuratively, to indicate the gaining of an advantage.To ask or adapt a question so that it will be more likely to be answered in a certain way.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A burden; a weight to be carried.A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.(colloquial) A large number or amount.The volume of work required to be performed.The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.The electrical current or power delivered by a device.Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.A unit of measure, often equivalent to the capacity of a waggon, but later becoming more specific measures of weight.A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.A slang term for semen.

Example sentence: If I can get a story about a player, I would give you a ship load of numbers, batting averages and all just for that one precious story. That's the kind of thing that I love to do.

We hope you now know whether to use Cargo or Load in your sentence.

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