Burden and Value

Burden

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

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

Nearby Words: burdened, burdensome, burdening

Value noun - The amount of money for which something will find a buyer.

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Burden and value are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Burden" instead a noun "Value".

Nearby Words: valuing, valuable, valueless, valued, valuation

emotional	emotional burden	emotional value
full	full burden	full value
particular	particular burden	particular value
sheer	sheer burden	sheer value
Other adjectives: actual, real, great, lower, moral, protective, military, extra, additional, significant, tremendous, greater, maximum, economic.

Although most don't have a weight value, a few do, which makes them a permanent burden if they don't get used during the quest.

Source: Clingy MacGuffin
This turns him from a being who saw friendship as a restrictive burden with benefits into one who's begun to see it has its own value.

Source: Characters / Friendship Is Magic: Redeemed
White Man's Burden: Rumford and Kraft's position is that only Western (European) culture has true value.

Source: Literature / Victoria

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