Formidable vs Challenging - What's the difference?
formidable | challenging |
causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment
difficult to defeat or overcome
* {{quote-news
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, date=May 9
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The act of making a challenge.
* Estcourt Rowland Metzner, The conflict of tax laws (page 151)
As adjectives the difference between formidable and challenging
is that formidable is causing fear, dread, awe or admiration as a result of size, strength, or some other impressive quality; commanding respect; causing wonder or astonishment while challenging is difficult, hard to do.As a verb challenging is
.As a noun challenging is
the act of making a challenge.formidable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, page= , passage=Holloway has unfinished business in the Premier League after relegation last year and he will make a swift return if he can overcome West Ham a week on Saturday. Sam Allardyce, the West Ham manager, will be acutely aware that when the stakes are high, Blackpool are simply formidable .}}
challenging
English
Verb
(head)Antonyms
* unchallengingNoun
(en noun)- There are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.