Difference between Tough and Leathery

TOUGH vs LEATHERY: NOUN

A rough; a bully; an incorrigibly vicious fellow; a bad character.
A cruel and brutal fellow
Someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
An aggressive and violent young criminal
A person who obtains things by force; a thug or bully.
A violent or rowdy person; a hoodlum or thug.
A person who is tough{7}; a ruffian; a thug.

Tough to cut or chew
Not given to gentleness or sentimentality
Violent and lawless
Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
Fine; great.
Unfortunate; too bad.
Difficult to deal with; demanding or troubling.
Trying or unpleasant.
Difficult to endure; severe; harsh.
Inclined to violent or disruptive behavior; rowdy or rough.
Aggressive; pugnacious.
Strong-minded; resolute.
Physically hardy; rugged.
Hard to cut or chew.
Able to withstand great strain without tearing or breaking; strong and resilient.
Unfortunate or hard to bear
Very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution
Substantially made or constructed
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain.
Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Undergoing plastic deformation before breaking.
Difficult or demanding.
Rowdy or rough.
Physically toughened
Stubborn.
Rugged or physically hardy.
Difficult to cut or chew.
Strong and resilient; sturdy.
To make it a matter of difficulty; to make it a hard matter.
Harsh or severe.
Prone to aggressive or violent behavior; rowdyish; -- of people, or groups.
Difficult to do, perform, or accomplish.
Severe; violent.
Not easily broken; able to endure hardship; firm; strong; -- of objects and people.
Not easily separated; viscous; clammy; tenacious.
Stiff; rigid; not flexible; stubborn.

Severe; violent: as, a tough rebuke or tirade; a tough storm.
Hard to manage or accomplish; difficult; trying; requiring great or continued effort.
Not easily influenced; unyielding; stubborn; hardened; incorrigible.
Not easily separated; tenacious; stiff; ropy; viscous: as, a tough clay; tough phlegm.
Firm; strong; able to endure hardship, hard work, or ill usage; hardy; not easily broken or impaired.
Having the property of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to a bending force without breaking; also, hard to cut or sever, as with a cutting-instrument: as, tough meat.
Resistant to cutting or chewing
Very difficult
Making great mental demands
(idiom) (that's tough) Used to indicate recalcitrance or noncompliance with a complaint or demand.
(idiom) (tough it out) To get through despite hardship; endure.

Tough but pliable
Resembling leather; tough and flexible like leather; specifically, in botany, coriaceous.

Unsentimental, Violent, Calloused, Sturdy, Pugnacious, Hardened, Rowdy, Bully, Rugged, Uncomfortable, Toughened, Toughie, Bad, Hard, Difficult

Brownish, Velvety, Reddish, Crinkly, Waxy, Blackish, Bristly, Stringy, Papery, Rubbery, Fleshy, Coriaceous, Leatherlike, Tough, Leathered

Gristly, Unsentimental, Violent, Calloused, Sturdy, Pugnacious, Hardened, Rowdy, Bully, Rugged, Uncomfortable, Toughened, Bad, Hard, Difficult

Brownish, Velvety, Reddish, Crinkly, Waxy, Blackish, Bristly, Stringy, Papery, Rubbery, Fleshy, Leatherlike, Coriaceous, Tough, Leathered

Might be tough for a small order though.
This must be a tough time for you.
Diplomacy, especially under circumstances like these, is tough!
Recently I was going through a tough time.
WIld MUstangs and it must be tough fencing.
The girl was a tough one to find.
Probably tough to get a five star review and also tough to get a three star review.
Residue might be tough to get out, so you may have to hand scrub with a tough sponge.
It was tough, made you tough, cause you knew what to expect.
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