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Overburdened vs Overloaded - What's the difference?

overburdened | overloaded |

As adjectives the difference between overburdened and overloaded

is that overburdened is excessively burdened while overloaded is loaded too heavily.

As verbs the difference between overburdened and overloaded

is that overburdened is past tense of overburden while overloaded is past tense of overload.

overburdened

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Excessively burdened

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (overburden)

    • overloaded

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (overload)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • loaded too heavily
  • of a word, having multiple meanings depending on context
  • (computing) of a name, used for more than one variable or procedure etc; differentiated by the compiler based on context