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Danger vs Tough - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between danger and tough

is that danger is (obsolete) ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise see in one's danger, below while tough is a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.

As verbs the difference between danger and tough

is that danger is (obsolete) to claim liability while tough is to endure.

As an adjective tough is

strong and resilient; sturdy.

As an interjection tough is

(slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

danger

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Ability to harm; someone's dominion or power to harm or penalise. See In one's danger, below.
    • "You stand within his danger , do you not?" (Shakespeare, ''Merchant of Venice'', 4:1:180)
  • * Robynson (More's Utopia)
    • Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in danger of this statute.
  • (obsolete) Liability.
  • * 1526 , Bible , tr. William Tyndale, Matthew V:
    • Thou shalt not kyll. Whosoever shall kyll, shalbe in daunger of iudgement.
  • (obsolete) Difficulty; sparingness.
    • (Chaucer)
  • (obsolete) Coyness; disdainful behavior.
    • (Chaucer)
  • (obsolete) A place where one is in the hands of the enemy.
  • Exposure to liable harm.
    • "Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars" ((William Hazlitt), ''Table talk'').
  • An instance or cause of liable harm.
    • "Two territorial questions..unsettled..each of which was a positive danger to the peace of Europe" (''Times'', 5 Sept. 3/2).
  • Mischief.
    • "We put a Sting in him, / That at his will he may doe danger with" (Shakespeare, ''Julius Caesar'', 2:1:17).

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * kicking in danger

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To claim liability.
  • (obsolete) To imperil; to endanger.
  • (obsolete) To run the risk.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "danger")

    Related terms

    * dangerous * dungeon * domain * dame * endanger

    References

    * Oxford English Dictionary

    Anagrams

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    tough

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Strong and resilient; sturdy.
    • The tent, made of tough canvas, held up to many abuses.
  • (of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
    • To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.
  • Rugged or physically hardy.
    • Only a tough species will survive in the desert.
  • Stubborn.
    • He had a reputation as a tough negotiator.
  • (of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
  • Rowdy or rough.
    • A bunch of the tough boys from the wrong side of the tracks threatened him.
  • Difficult or demanding.
    • This is a tough crowd.
  • (material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.

    • Derived terms

    * do it tough * hang tough * supertough * tough call * tough case * tough cookie * tough crowd * tough love * tough luck * tough-minded * tough nut to crack * tough row to hoe * tough shit * tough titty * tough toodles * tough tuchus * toughen * toughie * toughish * toughly * toughness * toughy * ultratough *

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (slang) (Used to indicate lack of sympathy)
    • If you don't like it, tough !

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
    • They were doing fine until they encountered a bunch of toughs from the opposition.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To endure.
  • To toughen.

    • Derived terms

    * tough it out * tough out

    Anagrams

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