The difference between Cart and Cartload

When used as nouns, cart means a small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers, whereas cartload means the amount that a cart can carry.


Cart is also verb with the meaning: to carry goods.

check bellow for the other definitions of Cart and Cartload

  1. Cart as a noun:

    A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, more often used for transporting goods than passengers.

    Examples:

    "The grocer delivered his goods by cart."

  2. Cart as a noun:

    A small motor vehicle resembling a car; a go-cart.

  3. Cart as a noun (Internet):

    A shopping cart.

  1. Cart as a verb (transitive):

    To carry goods.

    Examples:

    "I've been carting these things around all day."

  2. Cart as a verb (transitive):

    To carry or convey in a cart.

  3. Cart as a verb (transitive):

    To remove, especially involuntarily or for disposal.

  4. Cart as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

    To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

  1. Cart as a noun (video games, informal):

    A cartridge for a video game system.

    Examples:

    "My ''Final Fantasy'' cart on the NES is still alive and kicking."

  1. Cartload as a noun:

    The amount that a cart can carry.

  2. Cartload as a noun (by extension):

    Any large amount.

  3. Cartload as a noun (historical, specifically):

    A load: various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.

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