pinch vs difficulty

difficulty vs pinch

pinch and difficulty both are nouns.

pinch is a verb but difficulty is not a verb.

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

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

pinch: a painful or straitened circumstance
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 pinch include difficultness.

pinch (noun)	difficulty (noun)
a squeeze with the fingers	an effort that is inconvenient
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
a small sharp bite or snip
a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action
a slight but appreciable amount
an injury resulting from getting some body part squeezed
a painful or straitened circumstance

pinch (verb)	difficulty (verb)
irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear
squeeze tightly between the fingers
make ridges into by pinching together
cut the top off
make off with belongings of others

Difference between pinch and difficulty

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