Tough vs. Tuff

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.

Tuffnoun

(rock) A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.

Tuffnoun

Same as Tufa.

Tuffnoun

hard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash

Tuffnoun

a light, porous rock formed by consolidation of volcanic ash.

Tuff

Tuff is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is lithified into a solid rock.