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Cumbrance vs Encumbrance - What's the difference?

cumbrance | encumbrance |

As nouns the difference between cumbrance and encumbrance

is that cumbrance is (obsolete) encumbrance while encumbrance is something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.

cumbrance

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) encumbrance
    • Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, / The wise man's cumbrance , if not snare. — Milton.
    (Webster 1913)

    encumbrance

    English

    Alternative forms

    * incumbrance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
  • *
    • Some consideration was necessary to decide whether or not to leave his rifle there. On the return, carrying the girl and a pack, it would be added encumbrance
  • (legal) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.