Plight vs. Difficulty — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Plight and Difficulty
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Definitions
Plight
A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one.
Difficulty
The condition or quality of being difficult
The difficulty of a task.
Plight
A solemn pledge, as of faith.
Difficulty
Something not easily done, accomplished, comprehended, or solved
We face a difficulty that requires unconventional thinking.
Plight
To promise or bind by a solemn pledge, especially to betroth.
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Difficulty
Often difficulties A troublesome or embarrassing state of affairs, especially of financial affairs
Lost his job and found himself in difficulties.
Plight
To give or pledge (one's word or oath, for example).
Difficulty
A disagreement or dispute
A company trying to settle difficulties with labor.
Plight
A dire or unfortunate situation.
Difficulty
The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
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Plight
A (neutral) condition or state.
Difficulty
An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal.
We faced a difficulty in trying to book a flight so late.
Plight
(obsolete) Good health.
Difficulty
Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning
Plight
Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
Difficulty
An objection.
Plight
An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
Difficulty
That which cannot be easily understood or believed.
Plight
Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
Difficulty
An awkward situation or quarrel.
Plight
One's office; duty; charge.
Difficulty
The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; - opposed to easiness or facility; as, the difficulty of a task or enterprise; a work of difficulty.
Not being able to promote them [the interests of life] on account of the difficulty of the region.
Plight
(archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
Difficulty
Something difficult; a thing hard to do or to understand; that which occasions labor or perplexity, and requires skill and perseverance to overcome, solve, or achieve; a hard enterprise; an obstacle; an impediment; as, the difficulties of a science; difficulties in theology.
They lie under some difficulties by reason of the emperor's displeasure.
Plight
(obsolete) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
Difficulty
A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
Measures for terminating all local difficulties.
Plight
To expose to risk; to pledge.
Difficulty
Embarrassment of affairs, especially financial affairs; - usually in the plural; as, to be in difficulties.
In days of difficulty and pressure.
Plight
(transitive) Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
Difficulty
An effort that is inconvenient;
I went to a lot of trouble
He won without any trouble
Had difficulty walking
Finished the test only with great difficulty
Plight
(reflexive) To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
Difficulty
A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result;
Serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent
Plight
(obsolete) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
Difficulty
A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome;
Grappling with financial difficulties
Plight
To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
A plighted garment of divers colors.
Difficulty
The quality of being difficult;
They agreed about the difficulty of the climb
Plight
To pledge; to give as a pledge for the performance of some act; as, to plight faith, honor, word; - never applied to property or goods.
He plighted his right handUnto another love, and to another land.
Here my inviolable faith I plight.
Plight
To promise; to engage; to betroth.
Before its setting hour, divideThe bridegroom from the plighted bride.
Plight
A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.
Plight
That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
Plight
Condition; state; - risk, or exposure to danger, often being implied; as, a luckless plight.
To bring our craft all in another plight
Plight
A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one;
Finds himself in a most awkward predicament
The woeful plight of homeless people
Plight
A solemn pledge of fidelity
Plight
Give to in marriage
Plight
Promise solemnly and formally;
I pledge that will honor my wife
