Difficulty and Penury

Difficulty

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

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

Nearby Word: difficult

Penury

Penury noun - The state of lacking sufficient money or material possessions.
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Synonyms for Penury

Difficulty and penury are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Penury".

Nearby Word: penurious

How words are described

great great difficulty great penury
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