Burden and Stress

Burden

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

Stress is a synonym for burden in trouble topic. In some cases you can use "Stress" instead the word "Burden" as a noun or a verb, when it comes to topics like distress.

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Stress

Stress noun - The burden on one's emotional or mental well-being created by demands on one's time.

Burden is a synonym for stress in strain topic. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead the word "Stress" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as overstretch, physical or mental pressure.

Nearby Words: stressed, stressful, stressing

How words are described

emotional emotional burden emotional stress
physical physical burden physical stress
sheer sheer burden sheer stress
unbearable unbearable burden unbearable stress
Other adjectives: heavy, constant, massive, great, serious, enormous, psychic, social, major, mental, psychological, extra, additional, significant, immense, tremendous, greater, maximum, sudden.

Common collocations

friends burden friends stress friends

Both words in one sentence

  • The burden of the world and stress on his fusion core leads to his breakdown and eventual fall in the battle against Sophia.
  • Wife-Basher Basher When Kaname tries to comfort Sousuke after a tough mission, he calls her a burden due to stress and misdirected anger, which sends her running away in tears.
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