Assistance and Difficulty

Opposite meaning words

Assistance noun - An act or instance of helping.

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Difficulty is an antonym for assistance.

Nearby Words: assist, assistant, assisted, assisting

Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.

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Assistance is an antonym for difficulty in topics: problem, mental burden.

Nearby Word: difficult

high	high assistance	high difficulty
special	special assistance	special difficulty
actual	actual assistance	actual difficulty
real	real assistance	real difficulty
Other adjectives: little, less, minimal, extra, additional, significant, technical.

Buchanan Inside the Castle and Location of Destiny, however, do NOT allow Royal Alchemist assistance; Buchanan Inside the Castle is particularly infamous because its difficulty certainly warrants Royal Alchemist assistance.

Source: Video Game / Mabinogi
In Warframe, the Tenno can use absurdly large weapons like the Rocket-Powered Weapon, the Jat Kittag, with only minor difficulty courtesy of their void powers and warframes - though some really huge weapons require the assistance of their Jet Pack, the Archwing.

Source: Implausible Fencing Powers
They are usually avoided by most players, because they offer absolutely no visual cues as to where your bullets are heading and make it much harder to Lead the Target, doubly so if you're playing a difficulty mode without the leading assistance.

Source: Difficult but Awesome

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