Hard and Pressing

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Hard adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.

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Pressing and hard are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pressing" instead an adjective "Hard".

Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Pressing adjective - Needing immediate attention.

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Hard and pressing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Pressing".

Nearby Words: press, pressure, pressed

Unfortunately, this is hard to emulate in a video game where players expect the gun to fire after pressing a button versus actually handling the gun and pressing the trigger to fire.

Source: Video Game / Battlefield 4
Every button on the joypad seemed to be pressure sensitive in some way or another and pressing too hard was the difference between grabbing an enemy and slashing his throat.

Source: Some Dexterity Required
Luigi's Mansion used this function to control the Poltergust, pressing the button hard increased suction power, and pressing it all the way down makes Luigi stationary.

Source: Pressure Sensitive Interface

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