Ambiguity
Ambiguity noun - The quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning.
Usage example: the ambiguity of the clairvoyant's messages from the deceased allowed the grieving relatives to interpret them however they wished
Difficulty and ambiguity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Ambiguity".
Nearby Words: ambiguous, ambiguously
Difficulty
Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.
Ambiguity and difficulty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ambiguity" instead a noun "Difficulty".
Nearby Word: difficult
How words are described
| full | full ambiguity | full difficulty |
| similar | similar ambiguity | similar difficulty |
| certain | certain ambiguity | certain difficulty |
| considerable | considerable ambiguity | considerable difficulty |
| Other adjectives: sheer, real, massive, extreme, great, little, inherent, general, less, increasing, added, frustrating, varying. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Fake Difficulty: It's arguable that all of the Touhou games suffer from this, due to the ambiguity of the hitboxes on the bullets requiring more a ton of Trial-and-Error Gameplay, although that really comes with the Bullet Hell territory.
Source: Video Game / Touhou -
In a somewhat rare case of this trope, the difficulty jump was well-received for the most part, as the trials (and some changes to trial mechanics) allowed for more ambiguity and nuance, while relying far less on the main character making Captain Obvious rebuttals.
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Difficulty and Ambiguity. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ambiguity/difficulty
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