Difficulty
Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.
Toughness and difficulty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Toughness" instead a noun "Difficulty".
Nearby Word: difficult
Toughness
Toughness noun - Impressive difficulty.
Difficulty and toughness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Toughness".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- At lower difficulty levels, the AI in the Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers games will never activate the "pumping" (paying mana to temporarily increase power and toughness) abilities of certain creatures.
Source: Player Exclusive Mechanic -
Fake Difficulty: All tank characters face the problem that their toughness is not very useful if the enemy simply ignores them and kills them last.
Source: Video Game / League of Legends -
Dynamic Difficulty: The Personal Challenge System in Emergence is designed to adapt itself to the player's skill level and varies the numbers and toughness of enemies faced in accordance with the player's performance.
Source: Video Game / SiN
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