Difficulty
Difficulty noun - The quality of being difficult.
Usage example: they agreed about the difficulty of the climb
Simplicity is an antonym for difficulty.
Nearby Word: difficult
Simplicity
Simplicity noun - Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort.
How words are described
| relative | relative difficulty | relative simplicity |
| sheer | sheer difficulty | sheer simplicity |
| extreme | extreme difficulty | extreme simplicity |
| inherent | inherent difficulty | inherent simplicity |
| Other adjectives: incredible, general, ridiculous, greater, overall, harder. | ||
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