Burdensome vs Complicated - What's the difference?
burdensome | complicated | Related terms |
Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals , London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), § 6:
Difficult or convoluted.
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(Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).
(complicate)
As adjectives the difference between burdensome and complicated
is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while complicated is difficult or convoluted.As a verb complicated is
past tense of complicate.burdensome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
Synonyms
* (of or like a burden) arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxingcomplicated
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
- Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
Antonyms
* simpleVerb
(head)- The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.