toughened vs tough

tough vs toughened

toughened is not a noun while tough is a noun.

toughened and tough both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
toughened	No	Yes	No	No
tough	Yes	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, toughened and tough are synonyms defined as:

toughened and tough: physically toughened

toughened (noun)	tough (noun)
	an aggressive and violent young criminal
	a cruel and brutal fellow
	someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

toughened (adjective)	tough (adjective)
physically toughened	resistant to cutting or chewing
made hard or flexible or resilient especially by heat treatment	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

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