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burden vs concern

concern vs burden

burden and concern both are nouns.

burden and concern both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
burden Yes No Yes No
concern Yes No Yes No
As nouns, concern is a hypernym of burden; that is, concern is a word with a broader meaning than burden:
  • burden: an onerous or difficult concern
  • concern: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
Other hypernyms of burden include headache, vexation, worry.
burden (noun) concern (noun)
weight to be borne or conveyed something that interests you because it is important or affects you
the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
an onerous or difficult concern a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work an anxious feeling
a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
burden (verb) concern (verb)
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to be relevant to
weight down with a load be on the mind of
Difference between burden and concern

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