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Encumbered vs Cumbered - What's the difference?

encumbered | cumbered |

As adjectives the difference between encumbered and cumbered

is that encumbered is weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow while cumbered is hampered; encumbered.

As verbs the difference between encumbered and cumbered

is that encumbered is past tense of encumber while cumbered is past tense of cumber.

encumbered

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.

    • Antonyms

    * unencumbered

    Verb

    (head)
  • (encumber)

    • cumbered

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (cumber)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Hampered; encumbered.
  • * 1910 , (Saki), ‘Cross Currents’, Reginald in Russia :
    • Vanessa Pennington had a husband who was poor, with few extenuating circumstances, and an admirer who, though comfortably rich, was cumbered with a sense of honour.