hindrance vs difficultness

difficultness vs hindrance

hindrance and difficultness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hindrance	Yes	No	No	No
difficultness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, difficultness is a hypernym of hindrance; that is, difficultness is a word with a broader meaning than hindrance:

hindrance: something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress
difficultness: 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 hindrance include difficulty.

hindrance (noun)	difficultness (noun)
the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

Difference between hindrance and difficultness

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