Hard vs. Rough

By Jaxson

  • Hard (adjective)

    Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

  • Hard (adjective)

    Resistant to pressure.

    “This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.”

  • Hard (adjective)

    Strong.

  • Hard (adjective)

    High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.

  • Hard (adjective)

    Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

  • Hard (adjective)

    Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).

  • Hard (adjective)

    Requiring a lot of effort to do or understand.

    “a hard problem”

  • Hard (adjective)

    Demanding a lot of effort to endure.

    “a hard life”

  • Hard (adjective)

    Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.

    “a hard master;”

    “a hard heart;”

    “hard words;”

    “a hard character”

    “don’t be so hard on yourself”

  • Hard (adjective)

    Unquestionable.

    “hard evidence”

  • Hard (adjective)

    Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

    “At the intersection, there are two roads going to the left. Take the hard left.”

  • Hard (adjective)

    Sexually aroused.

    “I got so hard watching two hot guys wrestle each other on the beach.”

  • Hard (adjective)

    Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

  • Hard (adjective)

    Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.

  • Hard (adjective)

    Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

    “There is a hard c in “clock” and a soft c in “centre”.”

    “Hard k, t, s, ch, as distinguished from soft, g, d, z, j.”

    “The letter m|ru|ж in Russian is always hard.”

  • Hard (adjective)

    Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

  • Hard (adjective)

    In the form of a hard copy.

    “We need both a digital archive and a hard archive.”

  • Hard (adverb)

    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.”

  • Hard (adverb)

    With difficulty.

    “His degree was hard earned.”

    “The vehicle moves hard.”

  • Hard (adverb)

    So as to raise difficulties.

  • Hard (adverb)

    Compactly.

    “The lake had finally frozen hard.”

  • Hard (adverb)

    Near, close.

  • Hard (noun)

    A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

  • Hard (noun)

    crack cocaine.

  • Hard (noun)

    A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.

  • Rough (adjective)

    Having a texture that has much friction. Not smooth; uneven.

  • Rough (adjective)

    Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.

    “a rough estimate; a rough sketch of a building; a rough plan”

  • Rough (adjective)

    Turbulent.

    “The sea was rough.”

  • Rough (adjective)

    Difficult; trying.

    “Being a teenager nowadays can be rough.”

  • Rough (adjective)

    Crude; unrefined

    “His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.”

  • Rough (adjective)

    Violent; not careful or subtle

    “This box has been through some rough handling.”

  • Rough (adjective)

    Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.

    “a rough tone; a rough voice”

  • Rough (adjective)

    Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.

    “a rough diamond”

  • Rough (adjective)

    Harsh-tasting.

    “rough wine”

  • Rough (adjective)

    Somewhat ill; sick

  • Rough (adjective)

    Unwell due to alcohol; hungover

  • Rough (noun)

    The unmowed part of a golf course.

  • Rough (noun)

    A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.

  • Rough (noun)

    A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler’s feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.

  • Rough (noun)

    The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.

  • Rough (noun)

    A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process.

  • Rough (noun)

    Boisterous weather.

  • Rough (verb)

    To create in an approximate form.

    “Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.”

  • Rough (verb)

    To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.

  • Rough (verb)

    To render rough; to roughen.

  • Rough (verb)

    To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.

  • Rough (verb)

    To endure primitive conditions.

  • Rough (adverb)

    In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

Wiktionary
  • Hard (adjective)

    solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced

    “the slate broke on the hard floor”

    “rub the varnish down when it’s hard”

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of a person) not showing any signs of weakness; tough

    “only a handful are hard enough to join the SAS”

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of prices of shares, commodities, etc.) high and stable; firm.

  • Hard (adjective)

    done with a great deal of force or strength

    “a hard whack”

  • Hard (adjective)

    requiring a great deal of endurance or effort

    “airship-flying was pretty hard work”

    “she found it hard to believe that he could be involved”

    “it’s hard for drummers these days”

  • Hard (adjective)

    putting a lot of energy into an activity

    “he’d been a hard worker all his life”

    “everyone has been hard at work”

  • Hard (adjective)

    difficult to bear; causing suffering

    “he’d had a hard life”

    “times were hard at the end of the war”

  • Hard (adjective)

    difficult to understand or solve

    “this is a really hard question”

  • Hard (adjective)

    not showing sympathy or affection; strict

    “he can be such a hard taskmaster”

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of a season or the weather) severe

    “it’s been a long, hard winter”

  • Hard (adjective)

    harsh or unpleasant to the senses

    “the hard light of morning”

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of wine) harsh or sharp to the taste, especially because of tannin.

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of information) reliable, especially because based on something true or substantiated

    “hard facts about the underclass are maddeningly elusive”

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of a subject of study) dealing with precise and verifiable facts

    “efforts to turn psychology into hard science”

  • Hard (adjective)

    denoting an extreme or dogmatic faction within a political party

    “the hard left”

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of science fiction) dealing with technological advances which do not contravene currently accepted scientific laws or principles

    “a hard SF novel”

  • Hard (adjective)

    strongly alcoholic; denoting a spirit rather than beer or wine.

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of a drug) potent and addictive.

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of radiation) highly penetrating.

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of pornography) highly obscene and explicit.

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of water) containing relatively high concentrations of dissolved calcium and magnesium salts, which make lathering difficult

    “hard water requires much more soap, shampoo, or detergent than soft water”

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of the penis, clitoris, or nipples) erect.

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of a man) having an erect penis.

  • Hard (adjective)

    (of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go).

  • Hard (adverb)

    with a great deal of effort

    “they work hard at school”

  • Hard (adverb)

    with a great deal of force; violently

    “it was raining hard”

  • Hard (adverb)

    so as to be solid or firm

    “the mortar has set hard”

  • Hard (adverb)

    to the fullest extent possible

    “put the wheel hard over to starboard”

  • Hard (noun)

    a road leading down across a foreshore.

  • Rough (adjective)

    having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level

    “her skin felt dry and rough”

    “they had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground”

  • Rough (adjective)

    denoting the face of a tennis or squash racket on which the loops formed from the stringing process project (used as a call when the racket is spun to decide the right to serve first or to choose ends).

  • Rough (adjective)

    (of a person or their behaviour) not gentle; violent or boisterous

    “pushchairs should be capable of withstanding rough treatment”

  • Rough (adjective)

    (of an area or occasion) characterized by violent behaviour

    “the workmen hate going to the rough estates”

  • Rough (adjective)

    (of weather or the sea) wild and stormy

    “the lifeboat crew braved rough seas to rescue a couple”

  • Rough (adjective)

    not finished tidily or decoratively; plain and basic

    “the customers sat at rough wooden tables”

  • Rough (adjective)

    put together as a temporary measure; makeshift

    “he had one arm in a rough sling”

  • Rough (adjective)

    lacking sophistication or refinement

    “she took care of him in her rough, kindly way”

  • Rough (adjective)

    not fully worked out or including every detail

    “he had a rough draft of his new novel”

  • Rough (adjective)

    (of stationery) used for making preliminary notes

    “rough paper”

  • Rough (adjective)

    (of a voice) harsh and rasping

    “his voice was rough with barely suppressed fury”

  • Rough (adjective)

    (of wine or another alcoholic drink) sharp or harsh in taste

    “he refilled the mug with rough cider”

  • Rough (adjective)

    not exact or precise; approximate

    “it’ll cost about £50, at a rough guess”

    “they had a rough idea of when the murder took place”

  • Rough (adjective)

    difficult and unpleasant or unfair

    “the first day of a job is rough on everyone”

    “the teachers gave me a rough time because my image didn’t fit”

  • Rough (adjective)

    unwell

    “the altitude had hit her and she was feeling rough”

  • Rough (adverb)

    in a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently

    “treat ’em rough but treat ’em fair”

  • Rough (noun)

    a disreputable and violent person

    “the rear of the column was attacked by roughs”

  • Rough (noun)

    (on a golf course) longer grass around the fairway and the green

    “his second shot lay in the rough”

  • Rough (noun)

    a preliminary sketch

    “I did a rough to work out the scale of the lettering”

  • Rough (noun)

    an uncut precious stone

    “miners discovered one of the biggest diamond roughs in history”

  • Rough (verb)

    work or shape (something) in a rough, preliminary fashion

    “flat surfaces of wood are roughed down”

  • Rough (verb)

    produce a preliminary and unfinished version of something

    “the engineer roughed out a diagram on his notepad”

  • Rough (verb)

    make uneven

    “rough up the icing with a palette knife”

  • Rough (verb)

    live in discomfort with only basic necessities

    “she’d had to rough it alone in digs”

Oxford Dictionary

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