Burden and Purpose

Burden

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

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

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Purpose noun - Something that one hopes or intends to accomplish.

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Burden and purpose are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Purpose".

particular	particular burden	particular purpose
logical	logical burden	logical purpose
actual	actual burden	actual purpose
real	real burden	real purpose
Other adjectives: dark, main, secret, major, greater, larger.

burden anyone

purpose anyone

In The Wrong Trousers, Wallace also gives Gromit the Techno Trousers as a present, but it's obviously for the purpose of saving him the burden of taking his dog out for walks.

Source: Gift-Giving Gaffe
Joy understands the purpose of the other emotions, but just thinks Sadness is nothing but a burden.

Source: Western Animation / Inside Out
White Man's Burden: One of the earliest deconstructions of this.To tear treasure out of the bowels of the land was their desire, with no more moral purpose at the back of it than there is in burglars breaking into a safe.

Source: Literature / Heart of Darkness

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