load vs overburden

overburden vs load

load and overburden both are nouns.

load and overburden both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
load	Yes	No	Yes	No
overburden	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, overburden is a hyponym of load; that is, overburden is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than load:

load: weight to be borne or conveyed
overburden: an excessive burden

Other hyponyms of load include burthen, dead load, live load, superload, millstone, overload, overload.

load (noun)	overburden (noun)
weight to be borne or conveyed	an excessive burden
the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents	the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
goods carried by a large vehicle
electrical device to which electrical power is delivered
an onerous or difficult concern
a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks
the power output of a generator or power plant
a quantity that can be processed or transported at one time
an amount of alcohol sufficient to intoxicate

load (verb)	overburden (verb)
corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones	burden with too much work or responsibility
fill or place a load on	load with excessive weight
provide (a device) with something necessary
put (something) on a structure or conveyance
transfer from a storage device to a computer's memory

Difference between load and overburden

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