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difficult / hard
Difficult is the opposite of easy. It means that something requires lots of effort to do
it.
Hard can be the opposite of "soft" (such as a hard pillow and a soft pillow) but it
can also mean "difficult."
For example, you can say:
The test was
difficult. = The test was
hard.
It's
difficult to understand the teacher. = It's
hard to understand the teacher.
The word
hard is a little
more informal, so it's better to use
difficult in
more formal
writing.
The word
hard can also be an adverb to describe doing an
action with great effort or
energy. We often use it with the verbs work and try:
She works 16 hours a day.
She works very hard.
He was trying
hard not to cry.
In
these cases, you cannot use "difficult."
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