Hard and Tricky

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Hard

Hard adjective - Requiring considerable physical or mental effort.
Usage example: a hard exam to pass
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Tricky is a synonym for hard. In some cases you can use "Tricky" instead an adjective "Hard".
Nearby Words: harden, hardship, hardy, hardly, hardness

Tricky

Tricky adjective - Requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling.
Usage example: a tricky musical passage for the woodwind section
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Hard is a synonym for tricky. Sometimes you can use "Hard" instead an adjective "Tricky".
Nearby Words: trick, trickery, tricked, tricking

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  • Tight maze-like stages (even if the walls aren't deadly), fast "sniper" attacks, tricky enemy placement, and post-death powerup deprivation can make a "classical" shoot-em-up just as hard as your usual danmaku shooter.
    Source: Nintendo Hard / Shoot'em Ups
  • Scaled Up The World Ends with You: The Final Boss first fights you in his human form, which is a tricky fight because his attacks are fast and unpredictable and can hit very hard.
    Source: Scaled Up
  • Anime / Kirby: Right Back at Ya! aka: Kirby Of The Stars Leaning on the Fourth Wall: In the Japanese version, the Kirby Quiz episode had this exchange after a particularly tricky question:Dedede: That question was too hard.
    Source: Anime / Kirby: Right Back at Ya! aka: Kirby Of The Stars
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