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Burdensome vs Involved - What's the difference?

burdensome | involved | Related terms |

Burdensome is a related term of involved.


As adjectives the difference between burdensome and involved

is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while involved is complicated.

As a verb involved is

(involve).

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

    Related terms

    * burden

    involved

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Complicated.
    • He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
  • * 1915 ,
    • Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
  • Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
    • He was involved in the project for three years.
    He got involved in a bar fight.
    When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved .
  • Having an affair with someone.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (involve)
    • The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.