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skin vs tough

tough vs skin

skin and tough both are nouns.

skin is not an adjective while tough is an adjective.

skin is a verb but tough is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
skin Yes No Yes No
tough Yes Yes No No
As nouns, tough is a hypernym of skin; that is, tough is a word with a broader meaning than skin:
  • skin: a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
  • tough: a cruel and brutal fellow
Other hypernyms of skin include bully, hooligan, roughneck, rowdy, ruffian, yob, yobbo, yobo.
skin (noun) tough (noun)
body covering of a living animal an aggressive and violent young criminal
an outer surface (usually thin) a cruel and brutal fellow
a bag serving as a container for liquids; it is made from the hide of an animal someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch
the rind of a fruit or vegetable
a member of any of several British or American groups consisting predominantly of young people who shave their heads; some engage in white supremacist and anti-immigrant activities and this leads to the perception that all skinheads are racist and violent
a person whose head is bald or shaved
a person's skin regarded as their life
skin (adjective) tough (adjective)
resistant to cutting or chewing
physically toughened
not given to gentleness or sentimentality
unfortunate or hard to bear
substantially made or constructed
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
violent and lawless
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
skin (verb) tough (verb)
remove the skin from
remove the bark of a tree
bruise, cut, or injure the skin or the surface of
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
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