Difficulty and Ruin

Difficulty

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

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

Nearby Word: difficult

Ruin

Ruin noun - The state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless.

Difficulty and ruin are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Ruin".

How words are described

particular particular difficulty particular ruin
certain certain difficulty certain ruin
current current difficulty current ruin
real real difficulty real ruin
Other adjectives: massive, great, little, new, hidden, greater, realistic.

Both words in one sentence

  • It's Easy, so It Sucks Even though Advance Wars: Days of Ruin increased the difficulty a bit, it is nothing compared to the first game's difficulty.
  • Zig-zagged on higher difficulty levels; when you're up against a duo of Gunships, each of which requires more than half-a-dozen hits to take down, and they keep shooting down your rockets, it gives their ground support ample opportunity to ruin your day.
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