Difficulty and Mistake

Difficulty

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

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

Nearby Word: difficult

Mistake noun - A wrong judgment.

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Difficulty and mistake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Mistake".

Nearby Words: mistaken, mistakenly, mistaking

particular	particular difficulty	particular mistake
similar	similar difficulty	similar mistake
original	original difficulty	original mistake
actual	actual difficulty	actual mistake
Other adjectives: real, massive, great, serious, little, easy, apparent.

Brian Regan has a comedy routine in which he has trouble remembering names, and he stresses the difficulty of making a mistake when somebody else's name is similar to another.

Source: It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY
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.

Source: Scrappy Mechanic / Action
Elements of this, though, pop up in any difficulty, though, due to the Rubber Band AI—a single mistake can spell the difference between a first place finish or a sixth place (or worse).

Source: Non-Indicative Difficulty

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