balk vs difficulty

difficulty vs balk

balk and difficulty both are nouns.

balk is a verb but difficulty is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
balk	Yes	No	Yes	No
difficulty	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, difficulty is a hypernym of balk; that is, difficulty is a word with a broader meaning than balk:

balk: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
difficulty: the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result

Other hypernyms of balk include difficultness.

balk (noun)	difficulty (noun)
an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base	an effort that is inconvenient
one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
the area on a billiard table behind the balkline

balk (verb)	difficulty (verb)
refuse to comply

Difference between balk and difficulty

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