json load vs. parse

gistfile1.rb

require 'json'
require 'benchmark'

json = '{
  "title": "Example Schema",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "first-name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "last-name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "age": {
      "description": "my description",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 0
    }
  },
  "required": ["first-name", "last-name"]
}'

Benchmark.bm(7) do |x|
  x.report("JSON.load:") { JSON.load(json) }
  x.report("JSON.parse:") { JSON.parse(json) }
end

                user     system      total        real
JSON.load :  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000046)
JSON.parse:  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000025)