burden vs weight

weight vs burden

burden and weight both are nouns.

burden and weight both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
burden	Yes	No	Yes	No
weight	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, weight is a hypernym of burden; that is, weight is a word with a broader meaning than burden:

burden: weight to be borne or conveyed
weight: an artifact that is heavy

As verbs, burden and weight are synonyms defined as:

burden and weight: weight down with a load

Other synonyms of burden include burthen, weight down.

burden (noun)	weight (noun)
weight to be borne or conveyed	an artifact that is heavy
the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse	sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms
an onerous or difficult concern	the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work	the relative importance granted to something
	an oppressive feeling of heavy force
	a unit used to measure weight
	a system of units used to express the weight of something
	(statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

burden (verb)	weight (verb)
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to	present with a bias
weight down with a load	weight down with a load

Difference between burden and weight

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