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Peril vs Difficulty - What's the difference?

peril | difficulty | Related terms |

Peril is a related term of difficulty.


As nouns the difference between peril and difficulty

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

peril

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A situation of serious and immediate danger.
  • Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
  • The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
  • (insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
  • Synonyms

    * danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe * See also

    Derived terms

    * yellow peril

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cause to be in danger; to imperil.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XIV:
  • *:"I will have nothing to do with this matter, whatever it is. Do you think I am going to peril my reputation for you?"
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    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