Difficulty
Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.
Scope and difficulty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Scope" instead a noun "Difficulty".
Nearby Word: difficult
Scope
Scope noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.
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Synonyms for Scope
Difficulty and scope are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Scope".
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Both words in one sentence
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By law, in order to get promoted to command positions in the British Merchant Marine, one had to get a series of licenses, with increasing scope and difficulty.
Source: Useful Notes / RMS Titanic -
It is possible to pull this shot off but it is difficult due to the small size of the scope opening and difficulty in lining up your shot at the perfect angle.
Source: Video Game / Sniper Elite V2 - Also, the snipers particularly in Allied Assault take off half your health on Hard difficulty and a third on Normal, have greater visual range than your scope (even without one of their own), and can see and shoot through dense foilage, which is sometimes impenetrable to your own bullets.
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Scope and Difficulty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/scope
Difficulty & Scope. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/scope>.
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