Difficulty and Opposition

Difficulty

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

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

Nearby Word: difficult

Opposition noun - The inclination to resist.

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Difficulty and opposition are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Opposition".

Nearby Words: oppose, opposed, opposite, opposing, oppositely

current	current difficulty	current opposition
initial	initial difficulty	initial opposition
considerable	considerable difficulty	considerable opposition
actual	actual difficulty	actual opposition
Other adjectives: real, tough, intense, serious, little, main, general, apparent, significant.

The difficulties cover Normal, Hard, Very Hard and OVERKILL, with higher difficulty stacking higher rewards with greater opposition.

Source: Harder Than Hard
Also entirely justified at higher difficulty settings when the programmers have the simple courtesy of warning you that such settings will bend or break the rules in favor of the computer opposition.

Source: Not Playing Fair With Resources
He was canny in opposition but had difficulty keeping his party together.

Source: Useful Notes / Earl Russell

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