Burden and Extent

Burden

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

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

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Extent noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

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Burden and extent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Extent".

Nearby Words: extend, extension

full	full burden	full extent
sheer	sheer burden	sheer extent
annoying	annoying burden	annoying extent
painful	painful burden	painful extent
Other adjectives: logical, actual, real, massive, large, great, serious, enormous, huge, horrible, dark, lower, major, horrifying, significant, greater, larger, maximum, increasing, creepy.

Does he like having power over other people, even to a pathological extent, or does he see leadership as a burden that he'll take up only because he's the only one who can?

Source: Depending on the Writer
White Man's Burden: Both "White Privilege" songs, and to a lesser extent "Same Love," have earned him criticism for speaking out on a subject matter than he can only ever have a limited understand of.

Source: Music / Macklemore

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