Burden and Privilege

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Burden

Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.
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Privilege is an antonym for burden.
Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Privilege

Privilege noun - Something granted as a special favor.
Usage example: the town's oldest resident will have the privilege of leading the parade kicking off the Heritage Celebration
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Burden is an antonym for privilege.
Nearby Words: privileged, privileging
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full full burden full privilege
particular particular burden particular privilege
real real burden real privilege
great great burden great privilege
Other adjectives: enormous, huge, unfortunate, terrible, main, social, unique, extra, immense, economic, administrative, biggest.

Both words in one sentence

  • Aegon the Conqueror (the first king of Westeros, who commissioned the throne) wanted his successors to never forget that a king's duty is a burden, not a privilege.
    Source: Awesome But Impractical / Literature
  • Comic Book / Birds of Prey Barbara explains that she does not see giving out access as a privilege, but as a burden, and Cassandra has enough issues of her own to deal with right now.
    Source: Comic Book / Birds of Prey
  • Music / Macklemore 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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