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Burdensome vs Depressing - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between burdensome and depressing

is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while depressing is causing depression or sadness.

As a verb depressing is

present participle of lang=en.

burdensome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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.), ยง 6:
  • . . . 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, taxing

    depressing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing depression or sadness.
  • The television news was depressing , so rather than start crying I turned it off.

    Synonyms

    * unpleasant

    Verb

    (head)