Hardship vs. Trauma — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hardship and Trauma
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Hardship
The condition of lacking necessities or comforts; privation or suffering.
Trauma
Serious injury to the body, as from physical violence or an accident
Abdominal trauma.
Hardship
A thing or circumstance that causes ongoing or persistent suffering or difficulty
"Hives are a great hardship, but they will not injure your vital organs" (Andrew Weil).
Trauma
Severe emotional or mental distress caused by an experience
He experienced trauma for years after his divorce.
Hardship
Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
He has survived periods of financial hardship before.
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Trauma
An experience that causes severe anxiety or emotional distress, such as rape or combat
Memories that persist after a trauma occurs.
Hardship
A burden, a source of difficulty that could impose a barrier.
When you visit the museum, we invite you to make a donation of $10 if this will not be a hardship.
Trauma
An event or situation that causes great disruption or suffering
The economic trauma of the recession.
Hardship
(transitive) To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
Trauma
Any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.
Hardship
That which is hard to bear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.
Trauma
An emotional wound leading to psychological injury.
Hardship
A state of misfortune or affliction;
Debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
A life of hardship
Trauma
An event that causes great distress.
Hardship
Something hard to endure;
The asperity of northern winters
Trauma
Any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.
Hardship
Something that causes or entails suffering;
I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women
The many hardships of frontier life
Trauma
An emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects
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