Difficulty and Liking

Difficulty

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

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

Nearby Word: difficult

Liking

Liking noun - Positive regard for something.

Difficulty and liking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Liking".

Nearby Words: like, likable, liked

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

special special difficulty special liking
particular particular difficulty particular liking
initial initial difficulty initial liking
considerable considerable difficulty considerable liking
Other adjectives: real, extreme, great, intense, little, easy, secret, less.

Both words in one sentence

  • Accentuate the Negative Both Nella and Elisa provide the squee, while she can give good points but can't admit to actually liking something without much difficulty.
  • Videogame / Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams Cute Giana is this as well, as the Kickstarter Web site describes her as liking things spooky (even gaining more powers as the dream she's in gets more morbid.) Platform Hell: Doesn't seem obvious in the early stages, but the game takes a massive difficulty spike fairly quickly.
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