Difficult
Difficult adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Higher and difficult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Higher" instead an adjective "Difficult".
Nearby Word: difficulty
Higher
Higher adjective - Being far along in development.
Both words in one sentence
- Especially at higher levels and with proper equipment, her agility can get very high, to the point where she's quite difficult to hit.
Source: Cute Bruiser / Video Games - Its very fast, has an extremely low profile that makes it difficult hit, and has a cannon that wouldn't be out of place on a tank 2 tiers higher.
Source: Difficult but Awesome - The first time is reasonably easy, but subsequent races are more difficult due to the higher number of rings to pass through and a small (but decisive) decrease of the time limit.
Source: That One Sidequest
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Higher and Difficult. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficult/higher
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