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What is the difference between difficult and hard ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between difficult and hard ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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The words "difficult" and "hard" can mean the same thing. For example:
This is a hard question.
This is a difficult question.
But both words have other uses.
Why are you being so difficult (not "hard")? (difficult = troublesome, making things difficult for other people)
The men in Glasgow are hard (not "difficult"). (hard = tough, strong, aggressive)
He fell hard (not "difficult), *or* He took a hard (not "difficult") fall. (A "hard" fall is a nasty fall. "Hard" means "not gentle".)
The ice is too hard (not "difficult"); I can't break it. (hard = solid)
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