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Cumbersome vs Oppressive - What's the difference?

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Cumbersome is a related term of oppressive.


As adjectives the difference between cumbersome and oppressive

is that cumbersome is burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous while oppressive is burdensome or difficult to bear.

cumbersome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; vexatious; cumbrous.
  • Not easily managed or handled; awkward.
    • Cumbersome machines can endanger operators and slow down production.
  • Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with.
    • A slaves' work was as cumbersome as toiling on the fields, or in the mines.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * cumbersomely * cumbersomeness

    Synonyms

    * cumbrous

    oppressive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Burdensome or difficult to bear.
    • The oppressive tax laws made it difficult to start a small company.
  • Tyrannical or exercising unjust power.
    • The oppressive land-owners kept a grip on the labourers.
  • Weighing heavily on the spirit; intense, or overwhelming
    • Will the oppressive heat of summer never end?

    Synonyms

    * (weather) humid, close