Difficulty and Manacle

Difficulty

Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.
Usage example: the many difficulties that he encountered on the road from poor orphan to head of a major corporation

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

Nearby Word: difficult

Manacle

Manacle noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
Usage example: the warring groups need to shake off the manacle of their troubled past and learn to live with one another in peace

Difficulty and manacle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Manacle".

Nearby Word: manacled
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