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Difficult vs. Hard
Difficult
/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/Examples:
It would not be difficult.Now he found it difficult to understand other people's feelings.Monsieur Lheureux, the draper, was especially difficult.
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Hard
/hɑːd/Examples:
They slam me harder against the wall.He was a hard man, and his answer was unfriendly.Helm alee - hard aport!
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Difficult often implies requiring a lot of effort or skill to accomplish or understand.
- Hard can mean solid, firm, or complicated, but in terms of complexity, it is often synonymous with difficult.
- Difficult may imply a challenge that requires problem-solving or overcoming obstacles.
- Hard can describe physical properties (like a hard surface) as well as the abstract concept of being challenging.
- Remember, every difficult problem is hard, but not every hard material is difficult to understand.
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