As nouns the difference between crisis and hardship
is that crisis is a crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point while hardship is (countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
crisis
English
Noun
(crises)
A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which the patient is expected to recover or die.
(psychology) A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
(drama) A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
Derived terms
{{der3, crisis management
, currency crisis
, financial crisis
, economic crisis
, international crisis
, identity crisis
, existential crisis
, personal crisis
, psychological crisis
, midlife crisis
, quarter-life crisis}}
Related terms
* critic
* critical
* criticize
* critique
* criterion
hardship
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(countable or uncountable) Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
- He has survived periods of financial hardship before.