Burdensome vs Harmful - What's the difference?
burdensome | harmful | 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.), ยง 6:
of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious
Burdensome is a related term of harmful.
As adjectives the difference between burdensome and harmful
is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while harmful is of a kind likely to be damaging; injurious.burdensome
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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, taxingharmful
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Alternative forms
* harmfull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)- Wear a hat to protect your skin from harmful sunlight.