Ability and Burden

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Burden and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.

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Ability and burden are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

physical	physical ability	physical burden
full	full ability	full burden
particular	particular ability	particular burden
actual	actual ability	actual burden
Other adjectives: real, great, psychic, main, useless, unique, mental, extra, additional, greater.

Since then, Jem has been shuttled off from foster home to foster home, all the while avoiding eye and emotional contact with other people because of the burden her ability has on her.

Source: Literature / Numbers
Laser-Guided Amnesia: Kanon has the ability to erase the memories of normals to spare them the burden of involvement in the secret conflict.

Source: Manga / Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
From ×××HOLiC, Himawari seems to be a cheerful, happy go lucky girl with no connection to the spirit world or heavy burden for quite a long time in the manga, but turns out to be a type A Stepford Smiler, due to her innate ability that brings everyone around her bad luck.

Source: Hidden Depths / Anime and Manga

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