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lode ~ load

[both these words have the same pronunciation that rhymes with ‘road’]

“Lode” (noun) is ‘the amount of metal in its original form found in the nature (ore)’,

e.g.

The soil here is soft, so it is easy to find and extract the lodes.

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“Load”, as a noun, is ‘the amount of weight to be carried; something that is usually heavy to be carried; the stress of some responsibility or feeling’; and as a verb, it is ‘to put or fill some carriage or vehicle with some goods that are usually heavy and to be transported; to fit or put a film in a camera or to put the ammunition (bullets, cartridges, shells) into a firearm (gun, rifle, rocket launcher) to shoot’,

e.g.

We need a couple of strong men to carry this load of wine bottles.

In some parts of the world donkeys are still used to carry loads.

The truck was loaded with apples.

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