stress vs difficulty

difficulty vs stress

stress and difficulty both are nouns.

stress is a verb but difficulty is not a verb.

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

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

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

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

stress (verb)	difficulty (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 difficulty

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