stress vs difficultness

difficultness vs stress

stress and difficultness both are nouns.

stress is a verb but difficultness is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stress	Yes	No	Yes	No
difficultness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, difficultness is a hypernym of stress; that is, difficultness is a word with a broader meaning than stress:

stress: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
difficultness: 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 stress include difficulty.

stress (noun)	difficultness (noun)
the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)	the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
(physics) force that produces strain on a physical body
(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense
difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension
special emphasis attached to something

stress (verb)	difficultness (verb)
to suffer from stress
to stress, single out as important
put stress on; utter with an accent
test the limits of

Difference between stress and difficultness

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