Difficulty and Obligation

Difficulty

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

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

Nearby Word: difficult

Obligation noun - Something one must do because of prior agreement.

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Difficulty and obligation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Obligation".

Nearby Words: oblige, obliging, obligatory, obliged, obligate

high	high difficulty	high obligation
low	low difficulty	low obligation
special	special difficulty	special obligation
particular	particular difficulty	particular obligation
Other adjectives: certain, original, sheer, actual, real, great, general, higher.

Break the Cutie: Some of his LPs are of games he's actually highly looking forward to, which turn out to be loaded up with Fake Difficulty or poor level design, causing him to become more frustrated or lose interest in the game, which he still tries to complete out of obligation.

Source: Lets Play / raocow

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