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When you come across a difficulty vs When you come across a challenge

Both phrases are correct and commonly used in English. They can be used interchangeably to convey the idea of encountering a problem or obstacle. The choice between 'difficulty' and 'challenge' may depend on the specific context or the tone the speaker wants to convey.

Last updated: March 22, 2024 • 6136 views

When you come across a difficulty

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to encountering a problem or obstacle.

This phrase is used to describe the situation when someone encounters a problem, obstacle, or something that is hard to deal with.
  • When you come across a wounded buck, the sporting thing to do is shoot it.
  • In the field of management we may come across difficulties in payments, despite the fact that year after year we have a surplus.
  • Still, when you come across a person who's lost something that really matters, you have to answer the call.
  • Because when you come across a spooky ancient ruine, you say
  • And when you come across someplace safe, you hide.
  • You come across a guy named Greg?
  • Did you come across a guy named Alexander Desmerais?
  • Except this time you come across a pair of panties on the floor... soiled.
  • Climb the third mountain until you come across a pond.
  • Every time you come across a trash can... you find something good.
  • These are the kind of people you come across when you work in a bar.
  • You walk all night, and in the morning you come across a cabin, and hear a girl screaming inside.
  • Have you come across a similar circumstance?
  • When you dedicate your life to studying the outer reaches of the universe, you come across your fair share of crazies.
  • 'When you come across an extraordinary student like yourself... pass it onto him'
  • What did you come across when you went inside, Sheriff?
  • Now look here... you come across a rattlesnake or a bear or a chupacabra, you use this and give them what for.
  • How often you come across a 3-headed dog even if you're in the trade?
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  • When you were going through the Jai Alai footage in Corrinne's office, did you come across anything with Lori and Troy together?

Alternatives:

  • when you encounter a difficulty
  • when you face a difficulty
  • when you confront a difficulty
  • when you deal with a difficulty
  • when you tackle a difficulty

When you come across a challenge

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English to refer to encountering a problem or obstacle.

This phrase is used to describe the situation when someone encounters a problem, obstacle, or something that requires effort and skill to overcome.
  • It is because this report rejects that way of thinking and because it comes across as a challenge to take action with workable objectives and proposals, most of which I agree with, that I have supported it.
  • When you come across a wounded buck, the sporting thing to do is shoot it.
  • Still, when you come across a person who's lost something that really matters, you have to answer the call.
  • Because when you come across a spooky ancient ruine, you say
  • And when you come across someplace safe, you hide.
  • You come across a guy named Greg?
  • Did you come across a guy named Alexander Desmerais?
  • Except this time you come across a pair of panties on the floor... soiled.
  • Climb the third mountain until you come across a pond.
  • Every time you come across a trash can... you find something good.
  • These are the kind of people you come across when you work in a bar.
  • You walk all night, and in the morning you come across a cabin, and hear a girl screaming inside.
  • Have you come across a similar circumstance?
  • When you dedicate your life to studying the outer reaches of the universe, you come across your fair share of crazies.
  • 'When you come across an extraordinary student like yourself... pass it onto him'
  • What did you come across when you went inside, Sheriff?
  • Now look here... you come across a rattlesnake or a bear or a chupacabra, you use this and give them what for.
  • How often you come across a 3-headed dog even if you're in the trade?
  • The default User Agent header for & konqueror; is Mozilla/ 5.0(compatible; Konqueror/ 3.2)(KHTML, like Gecko). If you come across a site that refuses this browser access, change your User Agent to one of the options below.
  • When you were going through the Jai Alai footage in Corrinne's office, did you come across anything with Lori and Troy together?

Alternatives:

  • when you encounter a challenge
  • when you face a challenge
  • when you confront a challenge
  • when you deal with a challenge
  • when you tackle a challenge

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