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difficulty vs muddle

muddle vs difficulty

difficulty and muddle both are nouns.

difficulty is not a verb while muddle is a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
difficulty Yes No No No
muddle Yes No Yes No
As nouns, muddle is a hyponym of difficulty; that is, muddle 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
  • muddle: informal terms for a difficult situation
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, kink, 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, pickle, hard time, rough sledding, strain, stress, mire, job, problem, situation, urinary hesitancy, wall, thorniness.
difficulty (noun) muddle (noun)
an effort that is inconvenient a confused multitude of things
the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result informal terms for a difficult situation
difficulty (verb) muddle (verb)
mix up or confuse
make into a puddle
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