Hardship vs. Tribulation — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hardship and Tribulation
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Hardship
The condition of lacking necessities or comforts; privation or suffering.
Tribulation
Great affliction, trial, or distress; suffering
A time of great tribulation.
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).
Tribulation
An experience that tests one's endurance, patience, or faith.
Hardship
Difficulty or trouble; hard times.
He has survived periods of financial hardship before.
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Tribulation
Any adversity; a trying period or event.
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.
Tribulation
That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.
When tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
In the world ye shall have tribulation.
Hardship
(transitive) To treat (a person) badly; to subject to hardships.
Tribulation
An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event;
His mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him
Life is full of tribulations
A visitation of the plague
Hardship
That which is hard to bear, as toil, privation, injury, injustice, etc.
Hardship
A state of misfortune or affliction;
Debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity
A life of hardship
Hardship
Something hard to endure;
The asperity of northern winters
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
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