elbow grease vs difficulty

difficulty vs elbow grease

elbow grease and difficulty both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elbow grease	Yes	No	No	No
difficulty	Yes	No	No	No

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

elbow grease: use of physical or mental energy; hard work
difficulty: an effort that is inconvenient

Other hyponyms of elbow grease include struggle, trouble, least effort, least resistance, strain, straining, exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout, pull, application, diligence, overkill, supererogation, overexertion, detrition, friction, rubbing.

elbow grease (noun)	difficulty (noun)
use of physical or mental energy; hard work	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

Difference between elbow grease and difficulty

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