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Lorry vs. Juggernaut — What's the Difference?

Lorry vs. Juggernaut — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Lorry and Juggernaut

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Lorry

A large, heavy motor vehicle for transporting goods or troops; a truck
A lorry driver

Juggernaut

A juggernaut ( (listen)), in current English usage, is a literal or metaphorical force regarded as merciless, destructive, and unstoppable. This usage originated in the mid-nineteenth century.

Lorry

A motor truck.

Juggernaut

Old-fashioned name for Jagannatha

Lorry

(British) A large and heavy motor vehicle designed to carry goods or soldiers; a truck
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Juggernaut

An overwhelming or unstoppable force
"With the newly empowered juggernaut of the Pentagon bureaucracy gaining momentum, the president was no longer in control" (James Carroll).

Lorry

A truck with an open carriage

Juggernaut

A literal or metaphorical force or object regarded as unstoppable, that will crush all in its path.

Lorry

(dated) A barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway stations.

Juggernaut

A large, cumbersome truck or lorry, especially an artic.

Lorry

(dated) A small cart or wagon used on the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish.

Juggernaut

An institution that incites destructive devotion or to which people are carelessly sacrificed.

Lorry

(obsolete) A large, low, horse-drawn, four-wheeled cart without sides; also, a similar wagon modified for use on railways.

Juggernaut

One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindus. See also Jagannath.

Lorry

To transport by, or as if by, lorry.

Juggernaut

Any large, unstoppable force, power, or popular movement which defeats or destroys any person who gets in its way or attempts to stop it; as, for years the Notre Dame football team was an unstoppable juggernaut; after the early primaries, Johnson's campaign became a juggernaut, crushing all rivals.

Lorry

A large low horse-drawn wagon without sides

Juggernaut

A massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way

Lorry

A large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides

Juggernaut

An avatar of Vishnu

Juggernaut

A crude idol of Krishna

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