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Encumber vs Assist - What's the difference?

encumber | assist |

As verbs the difference between encumber and assist

is that encumber is to load down something with a burden while assist is (label) to stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).

As a noun assist is

a helpful action or an act of giving.

encumber

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • to load down something with a burden
  • to restrict or block something with a hindrance or impediment
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1906 – 1921 , author= , title= , volume=1 , chapter=Encounter , passage=He [Timothy Forsyte] had never committed the imprudence of marrying or encumbering himself in any way with children.}}
  • to add a legal claim or other obligation

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * disencumber, unload, unencumber

    Derived terms

    * encumbrance * encumbrous

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    assist

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To stand (at a place) or to (an opinion).
    • A great part of the nobility assisted to his opinion.
  • (label) To attend
  • * 1967 , The Rev. Loren Gavitt (ed.), Saint Augustine's Prayer Book: A Book of Devotion for members of the Episcopal Church , revised edition, West Park, NY: Holy Cross Publications, p. 8:
    • To assist at Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation.
  • To help.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 15 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The referee seemed well placed to award the goal, but video evidence suggested the protests were well founded and the incident only strengthens the case of those lobbying for technology to assist officials.}}
  • (sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.

    • Derived terms

    * assister * assistive

    Related terms

    * assistant * assistance

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A helpful action or an act of giving.
    • The foundation gave a much needed assist to the shelter.
  • (sports) A statistic used in different sports to quantify the act of helping another player score points or goals; in baseball, an assist is defensive, allowing a teammate to record a putout.
    • He had two assists in the game.

    Derived terms

    * assistful * assistless

    Anagrams

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