snorter vs difficulty

snorter and difficulty both are nouns.

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

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

snorter: something outstandingly difficult
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 snorter include difficultness.

snorter (noun)	difficulty (noun)
something that is extraordinary or remarkable or prominent	an effort that is inconvenient
something outstandingly difficult	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
someone who expresses contempt or indignation by uttering a snorting sound