Burden
Burden noun - A mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported.
Proposition and burden are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proposition" instead a noun "Burden".
Proposition
Proposition noun - An idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation.
Burden and proposition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Proposition".
How words are described
| legal | legal burden | legal proposition |
| difficult | difficult burden | difficult proposition |
| intellectual | intellectual burden | intellectual proposition |
| serious | serious burden | serious proposition |
| Other adjectives: sexual, permanent, impossible. | ||
Common collocations
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