Hardest vs Hardiest - What's the difference?
hardest | hardiest |
(hard) Most rigid or most difficult.
(hardy)
Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships. A hardy plant is one that can withstand the extremes of climate, such as frost.
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the (hardy hole).
(Webster 1913)
As adjectives the difference between hardest and hardiest
is that hardest is superlative of hard Most rigid or most difficult while hardiest is superlative of hardy.hardest
English
Adjective
hardest- Diamond is the hardest natural material.
- The hardest thing I ever did was run the 25th mile of a 26 mile long marathon.