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Inopportune vs Burdensome - What's the difference?

inopportune | burdensome | Related terms |

Inopportune is a related term of burdensome.


As adjectives the difference between inopportune and burdensome

is that inopportune is unsuitable for some particular purpose while burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding.

inopportune

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • unsuitable for some particular purpose
    • That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic.
  • * 1847 , , (Jane Eyre), Chapter XVIII
    • "It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam," said he, "when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to install myself here till he returns."
  • at an inconvenient or inappropriate time
    • The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation.

    Antonyms

    * opportune

    burdensome

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
  • * 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals , London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), ยง 6:
    • . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.

    Synonyms

    * (of or like a burden) arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxing

    Related terms

    * burden