mess vs difficulty

difficulty vs mess

mess and difficulty both are nouns.

mess is a verb but difficulty is not a verb.

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

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

mess: informal terms for a difficult situation
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 mess include difficultness.

mess (noun)	difficulty (noun)
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax	an effort that is inconvenient
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
soft semiliquid food
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a state of confusion and disorderliness
informal terms for a difficult situation

mess (verb)	difficulty (verb)
make a mess of or create disorder in
eat in a mess hall

Difference between mess and difficulty

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