elusive vs tough

tough vs elusive

elusive is not a noun while tough is a noun.

elusive and tough both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
elusive	No	Yes	No	No
tough	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, elusive and tough are synonyms defined as:

elusive and tough: making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

Other synonyms of elusive include baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical.

elusive (noun)	tough (noun)
	an aggressive and violent young criminal
	a cruel and brutal fellow
	someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

elusive (adjective)	tough (adjective)
skillful at eluding capture	resistant to cutting or chewing
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe	physically toughened
difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze	not given to gentleness or sentimentality
difficult to describe	unfortunate or hard to bear
	substantially made or constructed
	feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
	violent and lawless
	very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
	making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

Difference between elusive and tough

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