difficulty vs trouble

trouble vs difficulty

difficulty and trouble both are nouns.

difficulty is not a verb while trouble is a verb.

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

As nouns, difficulty and trouble are synonyms defined as:

difficulty and trouble: an effort that is inconvenient

As nouns, trouble is a hyponym of difficulty; that is, trouble 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
trouble: 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, problem, 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, problem, situation, urinary hesitancy, wall, thorniness.

difficulty (noun)	trouble (noun)
an effort that is inconvenient	an effort that is inconvenient
the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result	a source of difficulty
	an event causing distress or pain
	an angry disturbance
	a strong feeling of anxiety
	an unwanted pregnancy

difficulty (verb)	trouble (verb)
	cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed
	disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed
	move deeply
	to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
	take the trouble to do something; concern oneself

Difference between difficulty and trouble

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