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Entangled vs Encumbered - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between entangled and encumbered

is that entangled is past tense of entangle while encumbered is past tense of encumber.

As adjectives the difference between entangled and encumbered

is that entangled is tangled or twisted together while encumbered is weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow.

entangled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (entangle)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • tangled or twisted together
  • confused or complicated
  • (physics) (of two quantum states'') correlated, even though physically separated; (''referring to a state of a composite system ) not separable

    • See also

    * quantum entanglement

    encumbered

    English

    Adjective

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

    • Antonyms

    * unencumbered

    Verb

    (head)
  • (encumber)