Challenging vs. Easy

Challengingadjective

Difficult, hard to do.

Easyadjective

Comfortable; at ease.

‘Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.’;

Challengingnoun

The act of making a challenge.

Easyadjective

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.’;

Challenging

requiring full use of one's abilities or resources; as, challenging task.

Easyadjective

Causing ease; giving comfort, or freedom from care or labour.

‘Rich people live in easy circumstances.’; ‘an easy chair’;

Challenging

disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority.

Easyadjective

Free from constraint, harshness, or formality; unconstrained; smooth.

‘easy manners; an easy style’;

Challengingadjective

requiring full use of your abilities or resources;

‘ambitious schedule’; ‘performed the most challenging task without a mistake’;

Easyadjective

Consenting readily to sex.

‘He has a reputation for being easy; they say he slept with half the senior class.’;

Challengingadjective

stimulating interest or thought;

‘a challenging hypothesis’; ‘a thought-provoking book’;

Easyadjective

Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; compliant.

Challengingadjective

disturbingly provocative;

‘an intriguing smile’;

Easyadjective

Not straitened as to money matters; opposed to tight.

‘The market is easy.’;

Easyadverb

In a relaxed or casual manner.

‘After his illness, John decided to take it easy.’;

Easyadverb

In a manner without strictness or harshness.

‘Jane went easier on him after he broke his arm.’;

Easyadverb

Used an intensifier for large magnitudes.

‘This project will cost 15 million dollars, easy.’;

Easyadverb

Not difficult, not hard. en

Easynoun

Something that is easy

Easyverb

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Easyadjective

At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint

Easyadjective

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.

Easyadjective

Not difficult; requiring little labor or effort; slight; inconsiderable; as, an easy task; an easy victory.

‘It were an easy leap.’;

Easyadjective

Causing ease; giving freedom from care or labor; furnishing comfort; commodious; as, easy circumstances; an easy chair or cushion.

Easyadjective

Not making resistance or showing unwillingness; tractable; yielding; complying; ready.

‘He gained their easy hearts.’; ‘He is too tyrannical to be an easy monarch.’;

Easyadjective

Moderate; sparing; frugal.

Easyadjective

Not straitened as to money matters; as, the market is easy; - opposed to tight.

Easyadjective

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’;

Easyadjective

not hurried or forced;

‘an easy walk around the block’; ‘at a leisurely (or easygoing) pace’;

Easyadjective

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’;

Easyadjective

affording pleasure;

‘easy good looks’;

Easyadjective

having little impact;

‘an easy pat on the shoulder’; ‘gentle rain’; ‘a gentle breeze’; ‘a soft (or light) tapping at the window’;

Easyadjective

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’;

Easyadjective

not harsh; causing little distress;

‘an easy penalty’;

Easyadjective

readily exploited or tricked;

‘an easy mark’; ‘an easy victim’;

Easyadjective

marked by moderate steepness;

‘an easy climb’; ‘a gentle slope’;

Easyadjective

performing adroitly and without effort;

‘her easy grace’; ‘a facile hand’;

Easyadjective

not strict;

‘an easy teacher’; ‘easy standards’; ‘lenient rules’;

Easyadjective

affording comfort;

‘soft light that was easy on the eyes’;

Easyadjective

casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior;

‘her easy virtue’; ‘he was told to avoid loose (or light) women’; ‘wanton behavior’;

Easyadjective

less in demand and therefore readily obtainable;

‘commodities are easy this quarter’;

Easyadjective

plentiful and therefore at low interest rates; easy to come by;

‘easy money’;

Easyadverb

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’;

Easyadverb

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’;

Easyadverb

in a relaxed manner; or without hardship;

‘just wanted to take it easy’;

Easyadjective

achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties

‘an easy way of retrieving information’;

Easyadjective

(of a period of time or way of life) free from worries or problems

‘promises of an easy life in the New World’;

Easyadjective

(of a person) lacking anxiety or awkwardness; relaxed

‘he never felt easy with her’; ‘her easy and agreeable manner’;

Easyadjective

(of an object of attack or criticism) having no defence; vulnerable

‘as a taxi driver he was an easy target’;

Easyadjective

(of a woman) very receptive to sexual advances

‘her reputation at school for being easy’;

Easyadverb

without difficulty or effort

‘we all scared real easy in those days’;

Easyinterjection

be careful

‘easy, girl—you'll knock me over!’;