0I would like to know the differences between the words "difficult" and "tough".02br 00How differently to use both of them?02br 00Here are two some sentences extracted from a book.02br 02br 00The difficulty about portrait-painting is that you can't start painting portraits until people come along and ask you to, and they won't come and ask you until you've painted a lot first. This makes it kind of 01b00difficult02b00, not to say 01b00tough02b00, for the ambitious young man.0-
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0 tough: 01b 00very/extremely02b 00 difficult0-
— Marius Hancu
0 tough: 01b 00very/extremely02b 00 difficult0-
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0Hi,02br 02br 00Please note also that the term '(very) difficult' would be more commonly used than 'tough' in formal writing/speaking.02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-