Burden and Capacity

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

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Capacity is a synonym for burden. In some cases you can use "Capacity" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Capacity noun - The largest number or amount that something can hold.

Usage example: the seating capacity of the school auditorium is 800 people

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Burden is a synonym for capacity in volume topic. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Capacity".

emotional	emotional burden	emotional capacity
physical	physical burden	physical capacity
full	full burden	full capacity
sheer	sheer burden	sheer capacity
Other adjectives: actual, intellectual, real, massive, large, great, serious, enormous, huge, lower, mental, psychological, extra, additional, significant, immense, greater, larger, maximum.

To make matters worse one of the things that keeps our limited carrying capacity in real life from being too onerous a burden is the fact that we can set things down.

Source: Inventory Management Puzzle
Because diminished capacity is not an affirmative defense, but rather the negation of an element of the crime, the burden of proof remains on the prosecution.

Source: Insanity Defense
Finally, several different types of high-capacity "crafting materials" bags (mining bags, leatherworking bags, gem bags, enchanting bags, engineering bags, and even cooking and fish bags) have reduced the burden of carrying around crafting mats to a small degree.

Source: Inventory Management Puzzle

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