difficulty vs kink

kink vs difficulty

difficulty and kink both are nouns.

difficulty is not a verb while kink is a verb.

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

As nouns, kink is a hyponym of difficulty; that is, kink is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than difficulty:

difficulty: the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
kink: a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation

Other hyponyms of difficulty include effortfulness, asperity, grimness, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, hardness, ruggedness, formidability, toughness, burdensomeness, heaviness, onerousness, oppressiveness, niceness, subtlety, inconvenience, troublesomeness, worriment, problem, trouble, facer, killer, pisser, booby trap, pitfall, snorter, balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment, wrinkle, bitch, plight, predicament, quandary, rattrap, pinch, fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, mess, muddle, pickle, hard time, rough sledding, strain, stress, mire, job, problem, situation, urinary hesitancy, wall, thorniness.

difficulty (noun)	kink (noun)
an effort that is inconvenient	a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result	an eccentric idea
	a person with unusual sexual tastes
	a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
	a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

difficulty (verb)	kink (verb)
	form a curl, curve, or kink
	curl tightly

Difference between difficulty and kink

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