hardness vs difficulty

difficulty vs hardness

hardness and difficulty both are nouns.

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

As nouns, difficulty is a hypernym of hardness; that is, difficulty is a word with a broader meaning than hardness:

hardness: the quality of being difficult to do
difficulty: the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result

Other hypernyms of hardness include difficultness.

hardness (noun)	difficulty (noun)
a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering	an effort that is inconvenient
the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
the quality of being difficult to do
devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
excessive sternness

Difference between hardness and difficulty

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