Difficulty
Difficulty noun - Something that is a cause for suffering or special effort especially in the attainment of a goal.
Trick and difficulty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trick" instead a noun "Difficulty".
Nearby Word: difficult
Trick
Trick noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.
Difficulty and trick are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Difficulty" instead a noun "Trick".
How words are described
| special | special difficulty | special trick |
| particular | particular difficulty | particular trick |
| similar | similar difficulty | similar trick |
| certain | certain difficulty | certain trick |
| Other adjectives: standard, difficult, actual, real, great, little, infamous, main, easy, secret, new, extra, impossible, next, aforementioned. | ||
Both words in one sentence
-
The first level can easily be defeated without taking any damage, and the difficulty gently slopes, occasionally teaching you a new trick or introducing you to a new concept or enemy.
Source: Difficulty Spike - Their difficulty comes primarily from the fact that the AI will use every dirty trick in the book regardless of what difficulty setting is chosen.
Source: SNK Boss / Capcom - In BLOODCRUSHER II, player leveling is tied to points from combos and trick kills, enemy difficulty is tied to kills total.
Source: Unstable Equilibrium
Cite this Source
Trick and Difficulty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/trick
Difficulty & Trick. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/trick>.
Trick or Difficulty. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/difficulty/trick.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "difficulty" and "trick" have occurred on timeline