Difficulty and Extent

Difficulty

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

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Extent and difficulty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Extent" instead a noun "Difficulty".

Nearby Word: difficult

Extent noun - A real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go.

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Difficulty and extent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Extent".

Nearby Words: extend, extension

full	full difficulty	full extent
similar	similar difficulty	similar extent
certain	certain difficulty	certain extent
considerable	considerable difficulty	considerable extent
Other adjectives: sheer, actual, real, severe, massive, extreme, great, serious, lower, new, incredible, less, significant, ridiculous, greater, maximum, increasing, higher, varying.

Its description is "Very easy difficulty setting for the spineless gamer." To a lesser extent, the "Don't hurt me" difficulty is represented with B.J.

Source: Video Game / Wolfenstein: The New Order
Fantasy fiction suffers from this as well to a similar extent due to the difficulty of defining the line between science fiction and fantasy.

Source: Sci-Fi Ghetto
If it reaches 0%, your health meter starts draining instead, to a different extent depending on how high you've set the difficulty.

Source: Wizard Needs Food Badly

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Extent and Difficulty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/extent

Difficulty & Extent. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/extent>.

Extent or Difficulty. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/extent.

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