quandary vs difficulty

difficulty vs quandary

quandary and difficulty both are nouns.

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

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

quandary: a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one
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 quandary include difficultness.

quandary (noun)	difficulty (noun)
state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options	an effort that is inconvenient
a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result

Difference between quandary and difficulty

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