Burthen vs. Burden — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Burthen and Burden
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Burthen
A burden.
Burden
Something that is carried.
Burthen
The tonnage of a ship based on the number of tuns of wine that it could carry in its holds.
Burden
Something that is emotionally difficult to bear.
Burthen
Archaic form of burden
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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.
Burthen
Archaic form of burden
Burden
A responsibility or duty
The burden of organizing the campaign fell to me.
Burthen
See Burden.
Burden
A principal or recurring idea; a theme
"The burden of what he said was to defend enthusiastically the conservative aristocracy" (J.A. Froude).
Burthen
A variant of `burden'
Burden
A drone, as of a bagpipe or pedal point.
Burthen
Weight down with a load
Burden
(Archaic) The chorus or refrain of a composition.
Burden
(Archaic) The bass accompaniment to a song.
Burden
The amount of cargo that a vessel can carry.
Burden
The weight of the cargo carried by a vessel at one time.
Burden
The amount of a disease-causing entity present in an organism.
Burden
To cause difficulty or distress to; distress or oppress.
Burden
To load or overload.
Burden
A heavy load.
Burden
A responsibility, onus.
Burden
A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
Burden
The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
A ship of a hundred tons burden
Burden
(mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Burden
(metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
Burden
A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
A burden of gad steel is 120 pounds.
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
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