Burden and Material

Burden

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

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

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Material noun - The basic elements from which something can be developed.

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Burden and material are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Material".

old	old burden	old material
heavy	heavy burden	heavy material
actual	actual burden	actual material
great	great burden	great material
Other adjectives: dark, sexual, extra, additional.

Forever Knight: Subverted where LaCroix actually argues against Nick's accumulation of material wealth, denouncing it as a useless burden.

Source: Vampires Are Rich
The customer can send a counter-notification, if they are aware that they can, but the material will be down for at least 10 days, and the legal burden is much lower on presumed copyright owners than on customers.

Source: Useful Notes / Digital Millennium Copyright Act

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