Burden and Keeping

Burden

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

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Keeping and burden are semantically related in relationship topic. In some cases you can use "Keeping" instead a noun "Burden".

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Keeping

Keeping noun - Responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something.

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Burden and keeping are semantically related in responsibility topic. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Keeping", if it concerns topics such as relationship.

Nearby Words: keep, keeper

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How words are described

old	old burden	old keeping
full	full burden	full keeping
heavy	heavy burden	heavy keeping
great	great burden	great keeping
Other adjectives: serious, psychic, secret, major, greater, economic, creepy.

Both words in one sentence

Despite trying to help Dexter through his addiction, the burden of keeping the secret to herself has slowly gotten the better of her.

Source: Series / Dexter
It's a world hunted by Lovecraftian Horrors, and fighting them off (or at least keeping the knowledge about them secret) is said burden.

Source: Tabletop Game / TORG
The Stinger: The Blue King's Sword of Damocles begins to deteriorate, with him calmly accepting the burden of keeping it from doing so any further, but also hinting at his turmoil for killing Mikoto—thus setting up the possibility of his stepping down/death in the future.

Source: Anime / K: Missing Kings

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