tough

Tough is a related term of involved.

As adjectives the difference between tough and involved

is that tough is strong and resilient; sturdy while involved is complicated.

As verbs the difference between tough and involved

is that tough is to endure while involved is (involve).

As an interjection tough

is (slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

As a noun tough

is a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.

Plucky is a related term of tough.

As adjectives the difference between plucky and tough

is that plucky is having or showing pluck, courage or spirit in trying circumstances while tough is strong and resilient; sturdy.

As an interjection tough is

(slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

As a noun tough is

a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.

As a verb tough is

to endure.

As nouns the difference between tough and null

is that tough is a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully while null is zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.

As an adjective tough

is strong and resilient; sturdy.

As an interjection tough

is (slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

As a verb tough

is to endure.

As adjectives the difference between handsome and tough

is that handsome is (obsolete|said of things and people) dexterous; skillful while tough is strong and resilient; sturdy.

As verbs the difference between handsome and tough

is that handsome is (obsolete) to render handsome while tough is to endure.

As an interjection tough is

(slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

As a noun tough is

a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.

As nouns the difference between tough and brute

is that tough is a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully while brute is .

As an adjective tough

is strong and resilient; sturdy.

As an interjection tough

is (slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

As a verb tough

is to endure.

As adjectives the difference between tough and flexible

is that tough is strong and resilient; sturdy while flexible is capable of being flexed or bent without breaking; able to be turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; not stiff or brittle.

As nouns the difference between tough and flexible

is that tough is a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully while flexible is (chiefly|engineering|and|manufacturing) something that is flexible.

As an interjection tough

is (slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

As a verb tough

is to endure.

As an adjective tough

is strong and resilient; sturdy.

As an interjection tough

is (slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

As a noun tough

is a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.

As a verb tough

is to endure.

As an adverb roughly is

in a rough manner.

As adjectives the difference between flimsy and tough

is that flimsy is likely to bend or break under pressure; weak, shaky, flexible, or fragile while tough is strong and resilient; sturdy.

As nouns the difference between flimsy and tough

is that flimsy is thin typing paper used to make multiple copies while tough is a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.

As an interjection tough is

(slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

As a verb tough is

to endure.

As adjectives the difference between adamant and tough

is that adamant is firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined while tough is strong and resilient; sturdy.

As nouns the difference between adamant and tough

is that adamant is an imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness while tough is a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.

As an interjection tough is

(slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).

As a verb tough is

to endure.

As adjectives the difference between tough and steep

is that tough is strong and resilient; sturdy while steep is of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

As nouns the difference between tough and steep

is that tough is a person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully while steep is a liquid used in a steeping process.

As verbs the difference between tough and steep

is that tough is to endure while steep is (ambitransitive) to soak an item (or to be soaked) in liquid in order to gradually add or remove components to or from the item.

As an interjection tough

is (slang) (used to indicate lack of sympathy).