kink vs difficulty

difficulty vs kink

kink and difficulty both are nouns.

kink is a verb but difficulty is not a verb.

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

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

kink: a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation
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 kink include difficultness.

kink (noun)	difficulty (noun)
a difficulty or flaw in a plan or operation	an effort that is inconvenient
an eccentric idea	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
a person with unusual sexual tastes
a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

kink (verb)	difficulty (verb)
form a curl, curve, or kink
curl tightly

Difference between kink and difficulty

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