saddle vs overburden

overburden vs saddle

saddle and overburden both are nouns.

saddle and overburden both are verbs.

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

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

saddle: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
overburden: burden with too much work or responsibility

Other hyponyms of saddle include bear down, deluge, flood out, overwhelm, adjure.

saddle (noun)	overburden (noun)
posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl	an excessive burden
a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal	the surface soil that must be moved away to get at coal seams and mineral deposits
a seat for the rider of a bicycle
a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

saddle (verb)	overburden (verb)
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to	burden with too much work or responsibility
put a saddle on	load with excessive weight
load or burden; encumber

Difference between saddle and overburden

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