Peril vs Difficulty - What's the difference?
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A situation of serious and immediate danger.
Something that causes, contains, or presents danger.
(insurance) An event which causes a loss, or the risk of a specific such event.
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?"
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
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)- The perils of the jungle (animals and insects, weather, etc)
Synonyms
* danger, hazard, jeopardy, risk, threat, wathe * See alsoDerived terms
* yellow perilVerb
(en verb)Anagrams
* ----difficulty
English
(wikipedia difficulty)Noun
(difficulties)- We faced a difficulty .