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overburden vs weight

weight vs overburden

overburden and weight both are nouns.

overburden and weight both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
overburden Yes No Yes No
weight Yes No Yes No
As verbs, weight is a hypernym of overburden; that is, weight is a word with a broader meaning than overburden:
  • overburden: load with excessive weight
  • weight: weight down with a load
Other hypernyms of overburden include burden, burthen, weight down.
overburden (noun) weight (noun)
an excessive burden an artifact that is heavy
the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits 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
the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
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
overburden (verb) weight (verb)
burden with too much work or responsibility present with a bias
load with excessive weight weight down with a load
Difference between overburden and weight

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