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Encumber vs Oppress - What's the difference?

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Encumber is a related term of oppress.


In lang=en terms the difference between encumber and oppress

is that encumber is to add a legal claim or other obligation while oppress is to make sad or gloomy.

As verbs the difference between encumber and oppress

is that encumber is to load down something with a burden while oppress is (obsolete) physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

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

    External links

    * *

    oppress

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.
  • * , II.x:
    • Most mercilesse of women, VVyden hight, / Her other sonne fast sleeping did oppresse , / And with most cruell hand him murdred pittilesse.
  • To keep down by force
    • The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners.
  • To make sad or gloomy
    • We were oppressed by the constant grey skies.

    Related terms

    * oppression

    External links

    * * English transitive verbs