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Burden vs. Germ

Difference Between Burden and Germ

Burden

Something that is carried.
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Germ

(Biology) A small mass of protoplasm or cells from which a new organism or one of its parts may develop.
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Burden

Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
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Germ

The earliest form of an organism; a seed, bud, or spore.
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Burden

A source of great worry or stress; weight
The burden of economic sacrifice rests on the workers of the plant.
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Germ

A microorganism, especially a pathogen.
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Burden

A responsibility or duty
The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.
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Germ

Something that may serve as the basis of further growth or development
the germ of a project.
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Burden

A principal or recurring idea; a theme
"The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy" (J.A. Froude).
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Germ

(biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.
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Burden

A drone, as of a bagpipe or pedal point.
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Germ

The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
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Burden

(Archaic) The chorus or refrain of a composition.
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Germ

(biology) The small mass of cells from which a part of an organism develops, or a macroscopic but immature form of that part; a bud.
surgical removal of germs of wisdom teeth
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Burden

(Archaic) The bass accompaniment to a song.
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Germ

A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
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Burden

The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.
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Germ

(figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
the germ of civil liberty
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Burden

The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
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Germ

An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
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Burden

The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism.
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Germ

To germinate.
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Burden

To cause difficulty or distress to; distress or oppress.
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Germ

(slang) To grow, as if parasitic.
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Burden

To load or overload.
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Germ

That which is to develop a new individual; as, the germ of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears.
In the entire process in which a new being originates . . . two distinct classes of action participate; namely, the act of generation by which the germ is produced; and the act of development, by which that germ is evolved into the complete organism.
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Burden

A heavy load.
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Germ

That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty.
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Burden

A responsibility, onus.
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Germ

The germ cells, collectively, as distinguished from the somatic cells, or soma. Germ is often used in place of germinal to form phrases; as, germ area, germ disc, germ membrane, germ nucleus, germ sac, etc.
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Burden

A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
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Germ

A microorganism, especially a disease-causing bacterium or virus; - used informally, as, the don't eat food that falls on the floor, it may have germs on it.
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Burden

The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
a ship of a hundred tons burden
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Germ

To germinate.
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Burden

(mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
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Germ

anything that provides inspiration for later work
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Burden

(metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
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Germ

a small simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
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Burden

A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.
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Germ

a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
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Burden

A birth.
... that bore thee at a burden two fair sons.
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Burden

(medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
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Burden

(music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
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Burden

The drone of a bagpipe.
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Burden

Theme, core idea.
the burden of the argument
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Burden

(transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
to burden a nation with taxes
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Burden

(transitive) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
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Burden

That which is borne or carried; a load.
Plants with goodly burden bowing.
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Burden

That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone,To all my friends a burden grown.
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Burden

The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
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Burden

The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
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Burden

The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
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Burden

A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
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Burden

A birth.
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Burden

The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.
I would sing my song without a burden.
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Burden

The drone of a bagpipe.
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Burden

A club.
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Burden

To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.
I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened.
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Burden

To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
My burdened heart would break.
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Burden

To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell.
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Burden

an onerous or difficult concern;
the burden of responsibility
that's a load off my mind
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Burden

weight to be borne or conveyed
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Burden

the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
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Burden

the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
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Burden

weight down with a load
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Burden

impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to;
He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
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