Laden vs. Loaded

Laden vs. Loaded — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Laden and Loaded

Ladenadjective

Weighed down with a load, burdened.

Loadedverb

simple past tense and past participle of load

Ladenadjective

Heavy.

His comments were laden with deeper meaning.

Loadedadjective

Burdened by some heavy load; packed.

Let's leave the TV; the car is loaded already.

Ladenadjective

Oppressed.

Loadedadjective

(of a projectile weapon) Having a live round of ammunition in the chamber.

No funny business; this heater's loaded!
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Ladenadjective

(chemistry) In the form of an adsorbate or adduct.

Once laden it is easy to regenerate the adsorbent and retrieve the adsorbed species as a gas.

Loadedadjective

(slang) Possessing great wealth.

He sold his business a couple of years ago and is just loaded.

Ladenverb

past participle of lade

Loadedadjective

(slang) Drunk.

By the end of the evening, the guests in the club were really loaded.

Ladenverb

remove with or as if with a ladle;

ladle the water out of the bowl

Loadedadjective

(baseball) Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.

It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.
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Ladenverb

fill or place a load on;

load a carload the truck with hay

Loadedadjective

a die or dice being weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.

He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune.

Ladenadjective

filled with a great quantity;

a tray loaded with dishestable laden with food`ladened' is not current usage

Loadedadjective

(of a question) Designed to produce a predictable answer, or to lay a trap.

That interviewer is tricky; he asks loaded questions.

Ladenadjective

burdened psychologically or mentally;

laden with griefoppressed by a sense of failure

Loadedadjective

(of a word or phrase) Having strong connotations that colour the literal meaning and are likely to provoke an emotional response. Sometimes used loosely to describe a word that simply has many different meanings.

"Ignorant" is a loaded word, often implying lack of intelligence rather than just lack of knowledge.

Loadedadjective

(of an item offered for sale, especially an automobile) Equipped with numerous options.

She went all out; her new car is loaded.

Loadedadjective

Covered with a topping or toppings.

loaded friesloaded potato wedges

Loadedadjective

Weighted with lead or similar.

a loaded cane or whip

Loadedadjective

filled with a great quantity;

a tray loaded with dishestable laden with food`ladened' is not current usage

Loadedadjective

(of weapons) charged with ammunition;

a loaded gun

Loadedadjective

(of statements or questions) charged with associative significance and often meant to mislead or influence;

a loaded question

Loadedadjective

having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value;

an affluent bankera speculator flush with cashnot merely rich but loadedmoneyed aristocratswealthy corporations

Loadedadjective

very drunk