Difference between Toughened and Tough

TOUGHENED vs TOUGH: NOUN

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

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

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.
Firm; strong; able to endure hardship, hard work, or ill usage; hardy; not easily broken or impaired.
Not easily separated; tenacious; stiff; ropy; viscous: as, a tough clay; tough phlegm.
Not easily influenced; unyielding; stubborn; hardened; incorrigible.
Hard to manage or accomplish; difficult; trying; requiring great or continued effort.
Severe; violent: as, a tough rebuke or tirade; a tough storm.
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.

Tightened, Weather beaten, Enured, Sunbaked, Treated, Burnt, Burned, Baked, Thickened, Annealed, Inured, Calloused, Tempered, Hardened, Tough

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

Tightened, Weather beaten, Enured, Sunbaked, Treated, Burnt, Burned, Baked, Thickened, Annealed, Inured, Calloused, Tempered, Hardened, Tough

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

Ply Stainless Steel, Toughened Non Stick, Stoneware and other accessory items.
Tell your doctor about any toughened or chemiluminescent side effect.
Glass fibre reinforced polymer composites toughened with acrylonitrile butadiene nanorubber.
Law, which toughened penalties and restrictions on violent sexual predators.
The officers said that we had to be toughened up.
Contemporary Contura wood burning stove with toughened glass sides.
This new life has toughened and hardened us all.
College s Open Door policy but toughened academic standards.
They are therefore also called toughened acrylic adhesives.
Thatcher withstood the pressure and emerged significantly toughened.

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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