A few days ago
basel_firb

What is the difference?

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What’s the difference “hard” and “difficult”?

In this question, I ansewed

Basicaly, there is much difference.

Hard:difficult to to do or understand

Difficult:needind “effort” or “skill” to do or understand

But I wonder that native speaker use these words property?

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A few days ago
Anonymous

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There really isn’t much difference between the two. “Hard” is used as part of the definition for “difficult”. For example, “difficult” means “hard to understand or solve, hard to deal with or get on with, hard to please or satisfy, hard to persuade or induce”.

And “difficult” is used when we define “hard” as in “difficult to do, understand, solve or explain”.

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A few days ago
stevestone_ky
For me, “hard” and “difficult” are very close.

I see them on a spectrum like

simple – easy – difficult – hard – draining – impossible

For me “difficult” is easier than “hard”. A “difficult” test is not as challenging as a “hard” test.

There is also a connotation that “hard” is a little more physically demanding / stressful “it was hard to climb that mountain” (meaning that your muscles were very tired by the time you got to the top) where as difficult is, as you say more mentally challenging, if it was difficult to climb the mountain, it was tough to pick the right route, or know where to set the ropes.

None of this from any book, just my own impressions as a native speaker.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
when i use these words I use them in these terms..

examples..

That food is too hard to eat..

The ball hit me hard..

This bed is too hard to be comfortable.

This quiz is too difficult..

This is a difficult operation..

This is a difficult dish to cook..

the word hard can mean difficult, but difficult can never mean hard.. what I mean by this, is that you can change the word difficult to hard in any sentence but not the other way around in every sentence.

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A few days ago
DONNAGAN
i don’t think its a difference. Like That test was so hard… same thing… That test was difficult. its the same thing. unless describing how something feels… like That rock is hard. not like,, That rock is difficult… doesn’t make sense…
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A few days ago
Chris
When used as adjectives, they carry identical meanings. They can be used interchangeably.
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A few days ago
Professor
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