Tougher vs Rougher - What's the difference?
tougher | rougher |
(tough)
Strong and resilient; sturdy.
(of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
Rugged or physically hardy.
Stubborn.
(of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
Rowdy or rough.
Difficult or demanding.
(material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
(slang) (Used to indicate lack of sympathy)
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
(rough)
Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
Turbulent.
Difficult; trying.
Crude; unrefined
Violent; not careful or subtle
Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
Harsh-tasting.
The unmowed part of a golf course.
A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
(cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process.
(obsolete) Boisterous weather.
To create in an approximate form.
To physically assault someone in retribution.
(ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
To render rough; to roughen.
To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.
* Sir Walter Scott
As adjectives the difference between tougher and rougher
is that tougher is comparative of tough while rougher is comparative of rough.tougher
English
Adjective
(head)Anagrams
* ----tough
English
Adjective
(er)- The tent, made of tough canvas, held up to many abuses.
- To soften a tough cut of meat, the recipe suggested simmering it for hours.
- Only a tough species will survive in the desert.
- He had a reputation as a tough negotiator.
- A bunch of the tough boys from the wrong side of the tracks threatened him.
- This is a tough crowd.
Derived terms
* do it tough * hang tough * supertough * tough call * tough case * tough cookie * tough crowd * tough love * tough luck * tough-minded * tough nut to crack * tough row to hoe * tough shit * tough titty * tough toodles * tough tuchus * toughen * toughie * toughish * toughly * toughness * toughy * ultratough *Interjection
(en interjection)- If you don't like it, tough !
Noun
(en noun)- They were doing fine until they encountered a bunch of toughs from the opposition.
Derived terms
* tough it out * tough outAnagrams
* ----rougher
English
Adjective
(head)rough
English
Alternative forms
* (colloquial) ruffAdjective
(er)- The rock was one of those tremendously solid brown, or rather black, rocks which emerge from the sand like something primitive. Rough with crinkled limpet shells and sparsely strewn with locks of dry seaweed, a small boy has to stretch his legs far apart, and indeed to feel rather heroic, before he gets to the top.
- a rough''' estimate; a '''rough sketch of a building
- The sea was rough .
- Being a teenager nowadays can be rough .
- His manners are a bit rough , but he means well.
- This box has been through some rough handling.
- a rough''' tone; a '''rough voice
- (Alexander Pope)
- a rough diamond
- rough wine
Antonyms
* smoothNoun
(en noun)- (Fletcher)
Verb
(en verb)- Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
- The gangsters roughed him up a little.
- (Crabb)
Adverb
(en adverb)- Sleeping rough on the trenches, and dying stubbornly in their boats.
