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Something that is challenging is something that pushes you to grow. It is something worthwhile that you struggle with. Something that is difficult can be seen as easy or hard, but you struggle against it for little to no avail. Things that are difficult are your traffic cones getting in the way of your driving, things that are challenging are pushing yourself to victoriously climb a mountain

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Challenging is something you can do but you have to work hard at it to complete and grow at becoming better. Difficult is hard even with all the support and materials.

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Challenging sounds more positive, difficult sounds more negative but both mean something that will take effort

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Challenging sounds more positive, difficult sounds more negative but both mean something that will take effort

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I believe the two can have different connotations: Difficult can mean hard in a bad way- it's complicated, confusing, etc. Challenging could be construed as more positive- it will be hard work, but you can do it.

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To me, something challenging may still motivate you and you want to persevere through it. Something difficult seems more of a struggle and obstacle that you have to overcome.

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When I think of something being "challenging" vs. "difficult," I think about your mindset. Both concepts involve obtaining something that is currently out of reach. However, if something is "challenging" your mindset is more of in the place that you can obtain, but the thing being obtained is going to take some hard work. On the flip side, "difficult" is more of a negative connotation that has a negative attitude. I think about our students. "This is too difficult" implies that you cannot obtain the thing that is out of reach.

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They can absolutely overlap - it's all about the situation. Something difficult is hard to do, but it may be because of outside issues, time constraints, workload, etc. I see something intellectually challenging as being a stretch to my critical thinking, organization, and processing skills.

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Challenging is something that you can do but requires a lot of extra effort. Difficult is when you don't know exactly what to do, and use strategies to figure out the solution.

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Challenging is something that you can do but requires a lot of extra effort. Difficult is when you don't know exactly what to do, and use strategies to figure out the solution.

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Something that is difficult is tests your ability based on your current skill. Something that is challenging uses your skill set- but digs deepers and forces you to showcase your skills

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Something that is difficult is tests your ability based on your current skill. Something that is challenging uses your skill set- but digs deepers and forces you to showcase your skills

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Something that's challenging promotes growth in an individual.  Something that is "difficult" I think of something that's more of an annoyance and unnecessarily hard to complete.

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A challenge is reaching beyond the comfort zone with tools to be successful, and something difficult is outside the zone of proximal learning- possibly lacking the tools to be successful.

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A challenge is reaching beyond the comfort zone with tools to be successful, and something difficult is outside the zone of proximal learning- possibly lacking the tools to be successful.

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Difficult feels like arduous, which is hard but with less reward. A challenge engages you and feels more rewarding once complete.

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Difficult feels like arduous, which is hard but with less reward. A challenge engages you and feels more rewarding once complete.

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Challenging helps you grow. Difficult is more of an obstacle

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Challenging helps you grow. Difficult is more of an obstacle

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For me a challenge is something that is hard but I need to learn more or do more to accomplish. Something is difficult when I have all the tools but it is still hard.

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Challenging may pose challenges to different individuals differently, for different reasons.  Difficult is perhaps more objective, quantifiable, and universal.

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Challenging may pose challenges to different individuals differently, for different reasons.  Difficult is perhaps more objective, quantifiable, and universal.

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Challenges encourage you to grow. Difficulties can encourage you to give up.

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The difference between challenging and difficult is mindset. Difficult, to me, can mean stuck. While the word challenging has potential for growth.

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The difference between challenging and difficult is mindset. Difficult, to me, can mean stuck. While the word challenging has potential for growth.

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Challenging is something that makes you work hard to accomplish, difficult is just something that is a pain in the @$$ no matter how hard you work.

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Challenging is something that makes you work hard to accomplish, difficult is just something that is a pain in the @$$ no matter how hard you work.

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Challenging
Something that is pushing you to grow
Difficult
Hard but without a purpose of growth

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Challenging things help you grow. Difficult things are just harder. Making progress vs hitting the wall

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The difference between something being challenging and something being difficult is that a challenging task contains continual barriers that must be overcome where a difficult task is less continual. 

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The difference between something being challenging and something being difficult is that a challenging task contains continual barriers that must be overcome where a difficult task is less continual. 

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Difficult makes me think of roadblocks. Challenging makes me think of opportunities - opportunity to work through challenges to grow.