different between burden vs impediment
burden
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English burden, birden, burthen, birthen, byrthen, from Old English byrden, byrþen, from Proto-West Germanic *burþini, from *burþ?, from Proto-Germanic *burþ??, from Proto-Indo-European *b?er- (“to carry, bear”).
Alternative forms
- burthen (archaic)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?b??dn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?b?dn/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?n
Noun
burden (plural burdens)
- A heavy load.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- There were four or five men in the vault already, and I could hear more coming down the passage, and guessed from their heavy footsteps that they were carrying burdens.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- A responsibility, onus.
- A cause of worry; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.
- c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered
- Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, / To all my friends a burden grown.
- c. 1710-1730, Jonathan Swift, The Dean's Complaint Translated and Answered
- The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry.
- a ship of a hundred tons burden
- (mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
- (metalworking) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace.
- A fixed quantity of certain commodities.
- (obsolete, rare) A birth.
- […] that bore thee at a burden two fair sons.
- (medicine) The total amount of toxins, parasites, cancer cells, plaque or similar present in an organism.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
burden (third-person singular simple present burdens, present participle burdening, simple past and past participle burdened)
- (transitive) To encumber with a literal or figurative burden.
- (transitive) To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable).
Derived terms
- burden basket
- burdensome
- beast of burden
Translations
Etymology 2
From Old French bordon. See bourdon.
Noun
burden (plural burdens)
- (music) A phrase or theme that recurs at the end of each verse in a folk song or ballad.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- Foot it featly here and there; / And, sweet sprites, the burden bear.
- 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Philosophy of Composition
- As commonly used, the refrain, or burden, not only is limited to lyric verse, but depends for its impression upon the force of monotone - both in sound and thought.
- 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- The drone of a bagpipe.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ruddiman to this entry?)
- Theme, core idea.
References
Anagrams
- bunder, burned, unbred
Middle English
Etymology 1
From bord +? -en (“adjectival ending”)
Adjective
burden
- Alternative form of borden
Etymology 2
From burde +? -en (“plural ending”)
Noun
burden
- plural of burde
West Frisian
Noun
burden
- plural of burd
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impediment
English
Etymology
From Middle English impediment, borrowed from Latin impedimentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p?d?m?nt/
Noun
impediment (plural impediments)
- A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress.
- 1549, The Booke of Common Prayer and Administracion of the Sacramentes, “Of Matrimonye,”[1]
- I require and charge you (as you will aunswere at the dreadefull daye of iudgemente, when the secretes of all hartes shalbee disclosed) that if either of you doe knowe any impedimente why ye maie not bee lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie, that ye confesse it.
- c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act V, Scene 2,[2]
- Thus far into the bowels of the land
- Have we marched on without impediment.
- 1720, Alexander Pope, letter to Robert Digby dated 20 July, 1720, in Mr. Pope’s Literary Correspondence for Thirty Years; from 1704 to 1734, London: E. Curll, 1735, p. 129,[3]
- Your kind Desire to know the State of my Health had not been unsatisfied of so long, had not that ill State been the Impediment.
- 1993, Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries, Toronto: Random House of Canada, Chapter Two, p. 64,[5]
- Patterns incised on this mineral form seem to evade the eye; you have to stand at a certain distance, and in a particular light, to make them out. This impediment is part of the charm for him.
- 1549, The Booke of Common Prayer and Administracion of the Sacramentes, “Of Matrimonye,”[1]
- A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech.
- Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment.
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Mark 7.32,[6]
- And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
- 1730, Joseph Addison, The Evidences of the Christian Religion, London: J. Tonson, Additional Discourses, Section 10, p. 308,[7]
- Let us suppose a person blind and deaf from his birth, who being grown to man’s estate, is by the Dead-palsy, or some other cause, deprived of his Feeling, Tasting, and Smelling; and at the same time has the impediment of his Hearing removed, and the film taken from his eyes […]
- 1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, Volume 2, Book 5, Chapter 6, p. 9,[8]
- Better for you not to be tall! In fact it is almost a kindness of Heaven to be gifted with some safe impediment of body, slightly crooked back or the like, if you much dislike the career of honor under Friedrich Wilhelm.
- 1931, Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, 1972, Chapter 3, p. 56,[9]
- […] Walter Ivans replied as rapidly as the impediment in his speech permitted.
- (chiefly in the plural) Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta.
- 1913, Thomas McManus, “The Battle of Irish Bend” in The Twenty-Fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, Rockville, Connecticut, p. 36,[10]
- We were all on foot, officers and men alike. Our horses, baggage, and impediments had been left at Brashear to follow the column of General Emory.
- 1913, Thomas McManus, “The Battle of Irish Bend” in The Twenty-Fifth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, Rockville, Connecticut, p. 36,[10]
Synonyms
- hindrance
- obstruction
- obstacle
- See also Thesaurus:hindrance
Derived terms
Related terms
- impede
- impedimenta
Translations
References
- John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “impediment”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “impediment”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin impedimentum
Noun
impediment n (plural impedimente)
- impediment
Declension
impediment From the web:
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