Encumbrance vs Galvanize - What's the difference?
encumbrance | galvanize |
Something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.
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(legal) an interest, right, burden, or liability attached to a title of land, such as a lien or mortgage.
To coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means; to electroplate.
To coat with rust-resistant zinc
To shock or stimulate into sudden activity
(archaic) To electrify.
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As a noun encumbrance
is something that encumbers; a burden that must be carried.As a verb galvanize is
to coat with a thin layer of metal by electrochemical means; to electroplate.encumbrance
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* incumbranceNoun
(en noun)- 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
galvanize
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* galvanise (mostly UK )Verb
(galvaniz)- The agitations resembled the grinnings and writhings of a galvanized corpse, not the struggles of an athletic man.