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Bitterness vs Hardship - What's the difference?

bitterness | hardship |

As nouns the difference between bitterness and hardship

is that bitterness is the quality of having a bitter taste while hardship is (countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.

bitterness

English

Noun

  • the quality of having a bitter taste
  • the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment

    • Synonyms

    * (quality of being bitter in taste) acerbicness, acridity, acridness * (quality of feeling bitter) acrimony, gall, rancor/rancour, resentment

    hardship

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
    • He has survived periods of financial hardship before.