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difficulty vs problem

problem vs difficulty

difficulty and problem both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
difficulty Yes No No No
problem Yes No No No
As nouns, problem is a hyponym of difficulty; that is, problem 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
  • problem: a source of difficulty
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, 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, muddle, pickle, hard time, rough sledding, strain, stress, mire, job, situation, urinary hesitancy, wall, thorniness.
difficulty (noun) problem (noun)
an effort that is inconvenient a source of difficulty
the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result a question raised for consideration or solution
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
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