hindrance vs difficulty

difficulty vs hindrance

hindrance and difficulty both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

Difference between hindrance and difficulty

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