Tuff-Tough | Commonly Confused Words

Tuff

A tough, durable material used in construction or landscaping, often made of stone or concrete.

/tʌf/

Strong and able to withstand difficulty or pain

It's a little tougher to get cocaine, heroin or morphine.It was a tough fight, but I won.'Tough luck,' I said.

Tuff and tough are homophones, meaning they sound the same but have different meanings and spellings.
Tuff is a noun and is less commonly used compared to tough.
Tuff refers to a type of porous rock and is related to geology.
Tough is more commonly used in everyday language and relates to something hard, strong, or difficult.
Remember that tough often describes physical or emotional resilience, while tuff is like a bluff, referring to a rock.