Easy vs. Hard: Difference and Comparison
By Muazma Batool & Muneeza Rehman — Updated on September 8, 2023
"Easy" refers to tasks or concepts requiring little effort or complexity, while "hard" denotes challenges that demand significant effort or understanding.
Difference Between Easy and Hard
"Easy" and "hard" are two terms often used to express the level of difficulty or effort required to accomplish something. When we describe a task as easy, we mean that it can be done without much effort, strain, or expertise. On the other hand, labeling something as hard indicates that more effort, skill, or perseverance is required to complete or understand it.
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From a subjective perspective, what might be easy for one person could be hard for another. For instance, a seasoned athlete might find running a mile easy, whereas someone who has never run before might find it hard. Such perceptions vary based on individual experiences, knowledge, or physical capabilities.
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In the context of understanding, if a concept is labeled as easy, it generally means that it can be grasped without much intellectual labor. Contrarily, a hard concept would necessitate deeper thought, analysis, and often repeated attempts to understand.
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It's also noteworthy to mention that cultural, societal, or educational factors can play a role in how we define easy and hard. For instance, a math problem that's deemed easy in one educational system might be perceived as hard in another, illustrating the relativity of these terms.
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Easy vs. Hard Comparison Chart
Subjectivity
Can vary based on personal experience
Can also vary based on personal experience
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In Terms of Concepts
Easily grasped
Requires deeper thought and understanding
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Cultural Relativity
Can be influenced by cultural or societal norms
Similarly influenced by cultural or societal norms
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Easy vs. Hard Definitions
◉Hard
Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.
Climbing the mountain was hard.
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◉Easy
Requiring or exhibiting little effort or endeavor; undemanding
took the easy way out of her problems.
wasn't satisfied with easy answers.
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◉Easy
Free from worry, anxiety, trouble, or pain
My mind was easy, knowing that I had done my best.
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◉Hard
Near in space or time; close
The factory stands hard by the railroad tracks.
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◉Hard
Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid
a hard material.
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◉Easy
Readily understood or straightforward.
The instructions were easy to follow.
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◉Hard
very near or close in space or time;
it stands hard by the railroad tracks
they were hard on his heels
a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening
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◉Easy
Not hurried or forced;
An easy walk around the block
At a leisurely (or easygoing) pace
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◉Hard
Being a turn in a specific direction at an angle more acute than other possible routes.
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◉Easy
Capable of being accomplished or acquired with ease; posing no difficulty
an easy victory.
an easy problem.
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◉Easy
Likely to happen by accident or without intention
It's easy to slip on the wet floor. It's easy to push the wrong button.
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◉Hard
Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment
bunkers and other hard targets.
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◉Easy
Causing little hardship or distress
an easy penalty.
a habit that isn't easy to give up.
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◉Hard
Performed with or marked by great diligence or energy
a project that required years of hard work.
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◉Easy
Not hurried or forced; moderate
an easy pace.
an easy walk around the block.
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◉Hard
Difficult to understand or impart
Physics was the hardest of my courses. Thermodynamics is a hard course to teach.
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◉Easy
Less in demand and therefore readily obtainable
Commodities are easier this quarter.
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◉Easy
Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; - opposed to tight.
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◉Easy
Posing no difficulty; requiring little effort;
An easy job
An easy problem
An easy victory
The house is easy to heat
Satisfied with easy answers
Took the easy way out of his dilemma
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◉Hard
Oppressive or unjust in nature or effect
restrictions that were hard on welfare applicants.
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◉Easy
free from worry or anxiety;
knowing that I had done my best, my mind was easy
an easy good-natured manner
by the time the child faced the actual problem of reading she was familiar and at ease with all the elements words
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◉Hard
Harsh or severe in effect or intention
I said some hard things that I regret.
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◉Hard
Marked by stubborn refusal to compromise or yield; uncompromising
Drives a hard bargain.
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◉Easy
having little impact;
an easy pat on the shoulder
gentle rain
a gentle breeze
a soft (or light) tapping at the window
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◉Hard
Causing damage or premature wear
Snow and ice are hard on a car's finish.
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◉Easy
less in demand and therefore readily obtainable;
commodities are easy this quarter
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◉Easy
Plentiful and therefore at low interest rates; easy to come by;
Easy money
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◉Easy
with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily');
she was easily excited
was easily confused
he won easily
this china breaks very easily
success came too easy
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◉Easy
without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly');
he spoke slowly
go easy here--the road is slippery
glaciers move tardily
please go slow so I can see the sights
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◉Hard
Written or printed rather than stored in electronic media
sent the information by hard mail.
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◉Easy
Affording comfort or relief; soothing
soft light that was easy on the eyes.
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◉Hard
Containing dissolved salts that interfere with the lathering action of soap or other cleansing agents. Used of water.
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◉Hard
Extremely or dangerously addictive. Used of certain illegal drugs, such as heroin.
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◉Hard
With strenuous effort; intently
worked hard all day.
stared hard at the accused criminal.
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◉Hard
In such a way as to cause great damage or hardship
industrial cities hit hard by unemployment.
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◉Easy
Comfortable; at ease.
Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.
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◉Easy
Requiring little skill or effort.
It's often easy to wake up but hard to get up.
The teacher gave an easy test to her students.
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◉Hard
(of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
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◉Easy
Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.
Rich people live in easy circumstances.
an easy chair
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◉Hard
Resistant to pressure.
This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
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◉Easy
Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.
easy manners; an easy style
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◉Easy
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.
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◉Easy
Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.
The market is easy.
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◉Hard
Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.
a hard master;
a hard heart;
hard words;
a hard character
The senator asked the party chief to put the hard word on his potential rivals.
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◉Easy
In a relaxed or casual manner.
After his illness, John decided to take it easy.
Everything comes easy to her.
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◉Easy
In a manner without strictness or harshness.
Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.
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◉Hard
very strong or vigorous;
strong winds
a hard left to the chin
a knockout punch
a severe blow
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◉Hard
characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;
worked their arduous way up the mining valley
a grueling campaign
hard labor
heavy work
heavy going
spent many laborious hours on the project
set a punishing pace
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◉Easy
Not causing, or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing.
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◉Hard
of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately;
does a lot of hard drinking
a heavy drinker
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◉Easy
Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.
It were an easy leap.
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◉Easy
Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.
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◉Easy
Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.
He gained their easy hearts.
He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch.
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◉Easy
In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich;
They were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
Easy living
A prosperous family
His family is well-situated financially
Well-to-do members of the community
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◉Hard
with effort or force or vigor;
the team played hard
worked hard all day
pressed hard on the lever
hit the ball hard
slammed the door hard
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◉Hard
To the full extent possible; all the way;
Hard alee
The ship went hard astern
Swung the wheel hard left
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◉Hard
Proceeding or performing with force, vigor, or persistence; assiduous
a hard worker.
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◉Hard
Lacking compassion or sympathy; callous
became hard after years in prison.
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◉Hard
Free from illusion or sentimentality; practical or realistic
We need to take a hard look at the situation.
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◉Hard
Using or based on data that are readily quantified or verified
the hard sciences.
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◉Hard
Marked by sharp delineation or contrast
a hard line separating the two lists.
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◉Hard
(Linguistics) Velar, as in c in cake or g in log, as opposed to palatal or soft.
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◉Hard
(of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.
hard cider, hard lemonade, hard seltzer, hard soda
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◉Hard
(of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.
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◉Hard
Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).
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◉Hard
Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.
a hard problem;
a hard question;
a hard topic
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◉Hard
(of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.
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◉Hard
(bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
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◉Hard
Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
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◉Hard
In a physical form, not digital.
a soft or hard copy; a digital or hard archive
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◉Hard
Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.
A hard reboot or reset
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◉Hard
(finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.
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◉Hard
(manner) With much force or effort.
He hit the puck hard up the ice.
They worked hard all week.
At the intersection, bear hard left.
The recession hit them especially hard.
Think hard about your choices.
The couple were fucking each other hard.
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◉Hard
A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
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◉Hard
A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
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◉Hard
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.
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◉Hard
Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.
The hard causes they brought unto Moses.
In which are some things hard to be understood.
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◉Hard
Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.
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◉Hard
Difficult to resist or control; powerful.
The stag was too hard for the horse.
A power which will be always too hard for them.
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◉Hard
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.
I never could drive a hard bargain.
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◉Hard
Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.
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◉Hard
Not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.
Figures harder than even the marble itself.
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◉Hard
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.
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◉Hard
Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.
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◉Hard
With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.
And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince.
My fatherIs hard at study; pray now, rest yourself.
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◉Hard
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.
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◉Hard
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure;
a difficult task
nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access
difficult times
a difficult child
found himself in a difficult situation
why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?
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◉Hard
metaphorically hard;
a hard fate
took a hard look
a hard bargainer
a hard climb
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◉Hard
causing great damage or hardship;
industries hit hard by the depression
she was severely affected by the bank's failure
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Easy vs. Hard Frequently Asked Questions
Is the definition of easy universal?
No, what's easy for one person or culture may not be the same for another.
Leo
Sep 02, 2023
How is "hard" different from "easy"?
"Hard" denotes challenges or concepts demanding significant effort or understanding.
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Can something be both easy and hard?
Yes, based on personal experiences or perspectives, a task might be easy for one and hard for another.
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What does "easy" generally indicate?
"Easy" usually indicates tasks or concepts requiring little effort or complexity.
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Why do some people find certain tasks hard while others find them easy?
Individual experiences, expertise, physical abilities, and other factors can influence perceptions of difficulty.
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Is it correct to say "easy to understand"?
Yes, it implies that the concept or information is straightforward to grasp.
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Can easy be used in terms of demeanor?
Yes, someone described as "easy-going" has a relaxed and casual demeanor.
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What does "hard-hearted" mean?
"Hard-hearted" means lacking compassion or empathy.
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How does the context affect the meaning of hard?
In different contexts, "hard" can refer to physical firmness, effort level, or intensity of experience.
Olivia
Sep 02, 2023
Do easy and hard always refer to physical tasks?
No, they can also describe mental tasks, emotional experiences, or conceptual understanding.
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