Challenge and Difficulty

Challenge

Challenge noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.

Usage example: there were no serious challenges to the legislative bill, so it passed easily

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Difficulty and challenge are semantically related in problem topic. In some cases you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Challenge".

Difficulty noun - A feeling or declaration of disapproval or dissent.

Usage example: the only difficulty I have with the dress is its color—does it come in anything besides purple?

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Challenge and difficulty are semantically related in problem topic. Sometimes you can use "Challenge" instead a noun "Difficulty".

Nearby Word: difficult

special	special challenge	special difficulty
particular	particular challenge	particular difficulty
similar	similar challenge	similar difficulty
certain	certain challenge	certain difficulty
Other adjectives: initial, difficult, brutal, actual, real, serious, little, main, new, extra, additional, significant, greater, impossible, next, added, technical, hardest, harder.

Note that this does not include items, properties and settings meant to balance the game, only ones intended to rate or change its overall challenge and difficulty.

Source: Non-Indicative Difficulty
To be fair, the network had already scuttled the Pembleton stroke arc (which Braugher liked because he wanted to depict a Pembleton who had to face more challenge and difficulty in his work) and now he had to contend with being side-lined in favour of the network insisted super-model cop.

Source: Series / Homicide: Life on the Street
Lowering the difficulty might make the game easier, but it will slow the advancement that would have made you more capable of handling a tougher challenge.

Source: Non-Indicative Difficulty

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