merchandise vs load

load vs merchandise

merchandise and load both are nouns.

merchandise and load both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
merchandise	Yes	No	Yes	No
load	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, load is a hyponym of merchandise; that is, load is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than merchandise:

merchandise: items for sale to the individual consumer
load: goods carried by a large vehicle

Other hyponyms of merchandise include cargo, consignment, freight, lading, loading, payload, shipment, contraband, feature, generic, ironmongery, irregular, second, business line, line, line of business, line of merchandise, line of products, product line, number, refill, release, dreck, schlock, shlock, software package, software product, inventory, stock, top of the line, piece goods, yard goods, merchandise, merchandising.

merchandise (noun)	load (noun)
items for sale to the individual consumer	weight to be borne or conveyed
branded products meant to promote another product, especially films and pop groups	the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
	goods carried by a large vehicle
	electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
	an onerous or difficult concern
	a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
	the power output of a generator or power plant
	a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
	an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate

merchandise (verb)	load (verb)
engage in the trade of	corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
	fill or place a load on
	provide (a device) with something necessary
	put (something) on a structure or conveyance
	transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

Difference between merchandise and load

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.