Burden
Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.
Development and burden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Development" instead a noun "Burden".
Development
Development noun - The act or process of going from the simple or basic to the complex or advanced.
Burden and development are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Development".
How words are described
| emotional | emotional burden | emotional development |
| physical | physical burden | physical development |
| heavy | heavy burden | heavy development |
| actual | actual burden | actual development |
| Other adjectives: real, constant, massive, great, serious, main, social, spiritual, moral, unique, major, mental, psychological, military, additional, significant, greater, sudden, economic. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Outside of the Unfortunate Implications of White Man's Burden, this is the trope the main characters development is based around in Far Cry 3.
Source: It Gets Easier -
Character Development: Luke Cage accepts the burden of his powers and the responsibility that comes with it.
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On Arrested Development a documentary show called "Scandal Makers" films an episode about the Bluth family, which Ron Howard critiques, as narrator, saying that due to Tobias Fumke's poor acting, a heavy burden was placed on the narrator.
Source: Interactive Narrator
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