Definitions
- Describing a task or activity that is challenging or requires effort. - Referring to a situation that is complicated or hard to understand. - Talking about a person who has trouble with a particular skill or subject.
- Referring to a difficult or unpleasant experience or situation. - Describing a period of suffering or adversity. - Talking about a condition of deprivation or lack of basic necessities.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words describe something that is not easy.
- 2Both words can refer to a challenging situation.
- 3Both words can be used to describe a struggle.
What is the difference?
- 1Usage: Difficultly is typically used to describe a task or activity, while hardship is used to describe a situation or condition.
- 2Intensity: Hardship implies a more severe or extreme difficulty than difficultly.
- 3Duration: Hardship often implies a prolonged period of difficulty, while difficultly can refer to a temporary challenge.
- 4Subjectivity: Difficultly is more objective and factual, while hardship is more subjective and emotional.
- 5Connotation: Difficultly has a neutral or slightly negative connotation, while hardship has a more negative and sympathetic connotation.
Remember this!
Difficultly and hardship are synonyms that both describe something that is not easy. However, difficultly is typically used to describe a task or activity that requires effort or is challenging, while hardship is used to describe a difficult or unpleasant situation or condition. Hardship implies a more severe or prolonged difficulty than difficultly, and has a more negative and sympathetic connotation.
