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Difficulty vs Hank - What's the difference?

difficulty | hank |

As nouns the difference between difficulty and hank

is that difficulty is the state of being difficult, or hard to do while hank is a coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or rope.

As a verb hank is

to form into hanks.

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

    hank

    English

    Proper noun

    (s)
  • .
  • (archaic) A diminutive of the given name Hankin (a medieval form of John).