Sarunnio  +  343029 Sun, 25 Mar 07 12:05 AM I would like to know the differences between the words "difficult" and "tough". How differently to use both of them? Here are two some sentences extracted from a book. The difficulty about portrait-painting is that you can't start painting portraits until people come along and ask you to, and they won't come and ask you until you've painted a lot first. This makes it kind of difficult, not to say tough, for the ambitious young man. Sarunnio Joined on Fri, Oct 7 2005 Junior Member 84

	Clive  +  343052 Sun, 25 Mar 07 12:52 AM Hi, Please note also that the term '(very) difficult' would be more commonly used than 'tough' in formal writing/speaking. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,581 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo