What is the main difference between challenging and tough?
Challenging means present participle and gerund of challenge, while tough means (of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy..
Quick Difference
Challenging means present participle and gerund of challenge. Tough means (of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy..
Challenging Meaning
present participle and gerund of challenge.
Tough Meaning
(of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
Challenging vs Tough Comparison Table
FeatureChallengingTough
Meaningpresent participle and gerund of challenge(of a material) Strong and resilient; sturdy.
Part of speechverbadjective
ExampleThere are always sincere challengings of the findings, always the objections (sincere in another sense) of those whose interests seem threatened.This is a tough crowd.