Difficulty and Help

Difficulty

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

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

Nearby Word: difficult

Help

Help noun - An act or instance of helping.

Difficulty is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

How words are described

special special difficulty special help
similar similar difficulty similar help
considerable considerable difficulty considerable help
sheer sheer difficulty sheer help
Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, great, serious, little, secret, new, advanced, general, less, minimal, extra, additional, significant, tremendous.

Both words in one sentence

  • There isn't that much of a difficulty spike (Unless you're playing expert, that is), and being given the Cure Magic would really help against a boss with a sudden difficulty spike in Olympus Coliseum.
  • It doesn't help that because of the difficulty names (Greenhorn and Old Hand), it's an easy mistake to think they're asking if you want a tutorial, but it's actually a difficulty select.
  • Love Epiphany In Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic, Eric is lamenting to his chief-of-staff over the difficulty of choosing a wife without Clover there to help him.
    Source: Love Epiphany
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