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Deterioration vs Difficulty - What's the difference?

deterioration | difficulty |

As nouns the difference between deterioration and difficulty

is that deterioration is deterioration while difficulty is the state of being difficult, or hard to do.

deterioration

English

Noun

  • The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.
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    Antonyms

    * amelioration

    difficulty

    Noun

    (difficulties)
  • The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
  • An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
  • We faced a difficulty .

    Derived terms

    * difficulty level * with difficulty