Difference between Problematic and Difficult

PROBLEMATIC vs DIFFICULT: NOUN

Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful.
Not settled; unresolved or dubious.
Open to doubt; debatable.
Posing a problem; difficult to solve.
Posing a problem; difficult to overcome or solve
Debatable; open to doubt
Unresolved or dubious
Doubtful or uncertain in its outcome
Open to doubt or debate
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve

Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Requiring much effort and trouble
Requiring considerable effort or skill; not easy to do or accomplish.
Not easy to endure; full of hardship or trouble; trying.
Not easy to comprehend, solve, or explain.
Not easy to please, satisfy, or manage.
Not easy to persuade or convince; stubborn.
Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous.
Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn.
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort
Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome; eg. said of a person, a horse, etc.
Hard to control

Hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Making great mental demands
In logic, of the nature of a question, possible or doubtful.
Of the nature of a problem; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; disputable; doubtful.

To make difficult; impede.
To perplex; embarrass.
Not easy; requiring or dependent on effort; hard; troublesome; arduous.
Hard to do, perform, or overcome; attended with labor, pains, or opposition; laborious: as, a difficult undertaking.
Hard to persuade or induce; stubborn in yielding; obstinate as to opinion: as, he was difficult to convince.
Hard to understand or solve; perplexing; puzzling: as, a difficult passage in an author; a difficult question or problem.
Synonyms Difficult, Hard, Arduous (see arduous), laborious, toilsome; obscure, knotty.
Not easy
Hard to please or satisfy; not compliant; unaccommodating; rigid; austere: as, a person of difficult temper.

Contentious, Cumbersome, Dangerous, Worrisome, Tricky, Troubling, Complicated, Troublesome, Hard, Debatable, Knotty, Baffling, Questionable, Difficult, Problematical

Thorny, Trying, Unenviable, Delicate, Awkward, Rocky, Rough, Troublesome, Problematical, Arduous, Hard, Problematic, Challenging, Tough, Tricky

Contentious, Cumbersome, Dangerous, Worrisome, Tricky, Troubling, Complicated, Troublesome, Hard, Debatable, Knotty, Baffling, Questionable, Difficult, Problematical

Thorny, Trying, Unenviable, Delicate, Awkward, Rocky, Rough, Troublesome, Problematical, Arduous, Hard, Problematic, Challenging, Tough, Tricky

There are some problematic elements to the story.
This is potentially problematic for tax declaration purposes.
Openness is problematic per se for social systems.
The pronunciation of vowels may be more problematic.
Kuehnast wondered why else the photograph was problematic.
Danylyuk also explained why this was so problematic.
Complex or problematic to make complex or problematic to make this easy for.
These are normal trauma responses that can potentially lead to problematic outcomes; these are not problematic people.
Public policies are often problematic because the ends they seek are themselves problematic.
Low substantive validity coefficients indicate the existence of either problematic items or problematic concept definitions.

It certainly can make for a difficult marriage.
Find it difficult to get around your bathroom?
Metaphors are more difficult to teach than similes.
Times have been so difficult in recent months.
The use of cryptography is complex and difficult.
Slow and difficult process to retrieve boarding pass.
Calamity player, pure summoner would be insanely difficult.
You are saying it is more difficult, music is more difficult?
Some dailies are more difficult than others, a lot more difficult.
Advancing racial equity is already difficult, but then you add the scope and it becomes more difficult.

Why did the studies in Guatemala prove problematic?
When does an employee become a problematic situation?
When does the accessory navicular bone become problematic?
Are opt-ins in the transactional process problematic?
Are some spaces problematic for people with dementia?
Does posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) cause problematic drinking?
Why are confounding variables problematic in research?
Are dividend tax hypothesis of dividends problematic?
When is countertransference problematic in therapy?
What's the most problematic moment in friends you've found problematic While rewatching?