Difficulty and Odds

Difficulty

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

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

Nearby Word: difficult

Odds noun - A measure of how often an event will occur instead of another.

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Difficulty and odds are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Odds".

high	high difficulty	high odds
low	low difficulty	low odds
similar	similar difficulty	similar odds
considerable	considerable difficulty	considerable odds
Other adjectives: sheer, difficult, actual, massive, tough, great, serious, little, unfair, incredible, ridiculous, highest, greater, impossible, lowest, maximum, higher.

Ordinarily the hardest difficulty on Civilization II was named Deity and really stacked the odds against you.

Source: Harder Than Hard
This merely helps even the odds as most enemy attacks do absurd amounts of damage on this difficulty.

Source: Hard Mode Perks
Worse yet, the level is actually longer on the higher difficulty settings, both extending the time spent there and decreasing the odds of success.

Source: Marathon Level

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