Burden vs. Germ — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Burden and Germ
Definitions
Burden➦
Something that is carried.
Germ➦
(Biology) A small mass of protoplasm or cells from which a new organism or one of its parts may develop.
Burden➦
Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
Germ➦
The earliest form of an organism; a seed, bud, or spore.
Burden➦
A source of great worry or stress; weight
The burden of economic sacrifice rests on the workers of the plant.
Germ➦
A microorganism, especially a pathogen.
Burden➦
A responsibility or duty
The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.
Germ➦
Something that may serve as the basis of further growth or development
The germ of a project.
Burden➦
A principal or recurring idea; a theme
"The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy" (J.A. Froude).
Germ➦
(biology) The small mass of cells from which a new organism develops; a seed, bud, spore, or zygote.
Burden➦
A drone, as of a bagpipe or pedal point.
Germ➦
The embryo of a seed, especially of a seed used as a cereal or grain. See Wikipedia article on cereal germ.
Burden➦
(Archaic) The chorus or refrain of a composition.
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
Burden➦
(Archaic) The bass accompaniment to a song.
Germ➦
A pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
Burden➦
The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.
Germ➦
(figurative) The origin or earliest version of an idea or project.
The germ of civil liberty
Burden➦
The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
Germ➦
An equivalence class that includes a specified function defined in an open neighborhood.
Burden➦
The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism.
Germ➦
To germinate.
Burden➦
To cause difficulty or distress to; distress or oppress.
Germ➦
(slang) To grow, as if parasitic.
Burden➦
To load or overload.
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.
Burden➦
A heavy load.
Germ➦
That from which anything springs; origin; first principle; as, the germ of civil liberty.
Burden➦
A responsibility, onus.
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.
Burden➦
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
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.
Burden➦
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
A ship of a hundred tons burden
Germ➦
To germinate.
Burden➦
(mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Germ➦
Anything that provides inspiration for later work
Burden➦
(metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
Germ➦
A small simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism
Burden➦
A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.
Germ➦
A minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
Burden➦
A birth.
... that bore thee at a burden two fair sons.
Burden➦
(medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
Burden➦
(music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
Burden➦
The drone of a bagpipe.
Burden➦
Theme, core idea.
The burden of the argument
Burden➦
(transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
To burden a nation with taxes
Burden➦
(transitive) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
Burden➦
That which is borne or carried; a load.
Plants with goodly burden bowing.
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.
Burden➦
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.
Burden➦
The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Burden➦
The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
Burden➦
A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.
Burden➦
A birth.
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.
Burden➦
The drone of a bagpipe.
Burden➦
A club.
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.
Burden➦
To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.
My burdened heart would break.
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.
Burden➦
An onerous or difficult concern;
The burden of responsibility
That's a load off my mind
Burden➦
Weight to be borne or conveyed
Burden➦
The central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
Burden➦
The central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse
Burden➦
Weight down with a load
Burden➦
Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to;
He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend
