Tough vs. Hard
Toughadjective
Strong and resilient; sturdy.
Toughadjective
(of food) Difficult to cut or chew.
Toughadjective
Rugged or physically hardy.
Toughadjective
Stubborn.
Toughadjective
(of weather etc) Harsh or severe.
Toughadjective
Rowdy or rough.
Toughadjective
(of questions, etc.) Difficult or demanding.
Toughadjective
(material science) Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
Toughinterjection
(slang) Used to indicate lack of sympathy
Toughnoun
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
Toughverb
To endure.
Toughverb
To toughen.
Toughadjective
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
Toughadjective
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; - of objects and people; as, tough sinews.
Toughadjective
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious; as, tough phlegm.
Toughadjective
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn; as, a tough bow.
Toughadjective
Severe; violent; as, a tough storm.
Toughadjective
Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish; as, a tough job.
Toughadjective
Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; - of people, or groups; as, a tough neighborhood; a tough character.
Toughnoun
A person who is tough{7}; a ruffian; a thug; as, a cluster of neighborhood toughs hanging out on the corner.
Toughnoun
someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
Toughnoun
an aggressive and violent young criminal
Toughnoun
a cruel and brutal fellow
Toughadjective
not given to gentleness or sentimentality;
Toughadjective
very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution;
Toughadjective
physically toughened;
Toughadjective
substantially made or constructed;
Toughadjective
violent and lawless;
Toughadjective
feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad');
Toughadjective
tough to cut or chew
Toughadjective
unfortunate or hard to bear;
Toughadjective
(of a substance or object) strong enough to withstand adverse conditions or rough handling
Toughadjective
(of food, especially meat) difficult to cut or chew
Toughadjective
able to endure hardship or pain
Toughadjective
having the confidence and determination to cope in difficult situations
Toughadjective
difficult and requiring determination or effort
Toughadjective
used to express sympathy with someone in a difficult situation
Toughadjective
demonstrating a strict and uncompromising approach
Toughadjective
used to express a lack of sympathy with someone
Toughadjective
strong and prone to violence
Toughadjective
(of an area) notorious for violence and crime
Toughnoun
a rough and violent man
Toughverb
endure a period of hardship or difficulty.
Hardadjective
(of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
Hardadjective
Resistant to pressure.
Hardadjective
(of drink or drugs) Strong.
Hardadjective
(of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
Hardadjective
Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
Hardadjective
(personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
Hardadjective
Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.
Hardadjective
Demanding a lot of effort to endure.
Hardadjective
Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
Hardadjective
(dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
Hardadjective
Unquestionable.
Hardadjective
(of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
Hardadjective
Sexually aroused.
Hardadjective
(bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
Hardadjective
Plosive.
Hardadjective
Unvoiced
Hardadjective
Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized
Hardadjective
(arts) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
Hardadjective
Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
Hardadjective
Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.
Hardadjective
(uncomparable) In the form of a hard copy.
Hardadverb
(manner) With much force or effort.
Hardadverb
(manner) With difficulty.
Hardadverb
(obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
Hardadverb
(manner) Compactly.
Hardadverb
Near, close.
Hardnoun
A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
Hardnoun
crack cocaine.
Hardnoun
(motorsports) hard tyre A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
Hardadjective
Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; - applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.
Hardadjective
Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
Hardadjective
Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.
Hardadjective
Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
Hardadjective
Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.
Hardadjective
Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
Hardadjective
Not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
Hardadjective
Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.
Hardadjective
Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; - said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.
Hardadjective
Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.
Hardadjective
Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
Hardadverb
With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
Hardadverb
With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.
Hardadverb
Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly.
Hardadverb
So as to raise difficulties.
Hardadverb
With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; nimbly; as, to run hard.
Hardadverb
Close or near.
Hardverb
To harden; to make hard.
Hardnoun
A ford or passage across a river or swamp.
Hardadjective
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure;
Hardadjective
metaphorically hard;
Hardadjective
not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated;
Hardadjective
very strong or vigorous;
Hardadjective
characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;
Hardadjective
of speech sounds
Hardadjective
of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately;
Hardadjective
having undergone fermentation;
Hardadjective
having a high alcoholic content;
Hardadjective
unfortunate or hard to bear;
Hardadjective
dried out;
Hardadverb
with effort or force or vigor;
Hardadverb
with firmness;
Hardadverb
earnestly or intently;
Hardadverb
causing great damage or hardship;
Hardadverb
slowly and with difficulty;
Hardadverb
indulging excessively;
Hardadverb
into a solid condition;
Hardadverb
very near or close in space or time;
Hardadverb
with pain or distress or bitterness;
Hardadverb
to the full extent possible; all the way;
Hardadjective
solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced
Hardadjective
(of a person) not showing any signs of weakness; tough
Hardadjective
(of prices of shares, commodities, etc.) high and stable; firm.
Hardadjective
done with a great deal of force or strength
Hardadjective
requiring a great deal of endurance or effort
Hardadjective
putting a lot of energy into an activity
Hardadjective
difficult to bear; causing suffering
Hardadjective
difficult to understand or solve
Hardadjective
not showing sympathy or affection; strict
Hardadjective
(of a season or the weather) severe
Hardadjective
harsh or unpleasant to the senses
Hardadjective
(of wine) harsh or sharp to the taste, especially because of tannin.
Hardadjective
(of information) reliable, especially because based on something true or substantiated
Hardadjective
(of a subject of study) dealing with precise and verifiable facts
Hardadjective
denoting an extreme or dogmatic faction within a political party
Hardadjective
(of science fiction) dealing with technological advances which do not contravene currently accepted scientific laws or principles
Hardadjective
strongly alcoholic; denoting a spirit rather than beer or wine.
Hardadjective
(of a drug) potent and addictive.
Hardadjective
(of radiation) highly penetrating.
Hardadjective
(of pornography) highly obscene and explicit.
Hardadjective
(of water) containing relatively high concentrations of dissolved calcium and magnesium salts, which make lathering difficult
Hardadjective
(of the penis, clitoris, or nipples) erect.
Hardadjective
(of a man) having an erect penis.
Hardadjective
(of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go).
Hardadverb
with a great deal of effort
Hardadverb
with a great deal of force; violently
Hardadverb
so as to be solid or firm
Hardadverb
to the fullest extent possible
Hardnoun
a road leading down across a foreshore.
