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Load vs. Lode
Load
/ləʊd/Examples:
Television's loaded with no-talent performers.The rest of the day was spent loading the truck.They were armed with full war loads of thermonuclear weapons.
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This word has no antonymsLode
Examples:
Trekkers stumbled upon a hidden lode of amethyst gems.The explorers uncovered a rich lode of insight in ancient texts.His talent became a lode for creative inspiration.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Load ends with a d like duty which relates to carrying or fulfilling a responsibility.
- Think of lode as the lode-star in mining, leading to treasures or valuable deposits.
- Load can be imagined as something physical like a load of laundry.
- Lode rhymes with code, which can be like a hidden pattern in rocks revealing minerals.
- When you load something, you are doing an action. Lode is more of a noun, representing a source or place.
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