Coarse vs. Hard: What's the Difference?

Of low, common, or inferior quality.

Resistant to pressure; not readily penetrated; firm or solid

Lacking in delicacy or refinement

Well protected from an attack, as by aerial bombardment

Vulgar or indecent

Requiring great effort or endurance

Consisting of large particles; not fine in texture

Performed with or marked by great diligence or energy

Rough, especially to the touch

Difficult to resolve, accomplish, or finish

With a rough texture; not smooth.

Difficult to understand or impart

Composed of large particles.

Proceeding or performing with force, vigor, or persistence; assiduous

Lacking refinement, taste or delicacy.

Intense in force or degree

 Unrefined.

Inclement or severe

Of inferior quality.

Stern, strict, or demanding

Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; - opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

Lacking compassion or sympathy; callous

Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

Difficult to endure; causing hardship or suffering

Of texture; large-grained or rough to the touch;

Oppressive or unjust in nature or effect

Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste;

Harsh or severe in effect or intention

Of low or inferior quality or value;

Marked by stubborn refusal to compromise or yield; uncompromising

Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent;

Bitter or resentful

Showing disapproval, bitterness, or resentment

Causing damage or premature wear

Bad; adverse

Real and unassailable

Definite; firm

Free from illusion or sentimentality; practical or realistic

Using or based on data that are readily quantified or verified

Marked by sharp delineation or contrast

Lacking in shade; undiminished

Hardcore.

Being a turn in a specific direction at an angle more acute than other possible routes.

Metallic, as opposed to paper. Used of currency.

Backed by bullion rather than by credit. Used of currency.

High and stable. Used of prices.

Durable; lasting

Written or printed rather than stored in electronic media

Erect; tumid. Used of a penis.

Having high alcoholic content; intoxicating

Rendered alcoholic by fermentation; fermented

Containing dissolved salts that interfere with the lathering action of soap or other cleansing agents. Used of water.

(Linguistics) Velar, as in c in cake or g in log, as opposed to palatal or soft.

(Physics) Of relatively high energy; penetrating

High in gluten content

(Chemistry) Resistant to biodegradation

Extremely or dangerously addictive. Used of certain illegal drugs, such as heroin.

With strenuous effort; intently

With great force, vigor, or energy

In such a way as to cause great damage or hardship

With great distress, grief, or bitterness

Firmly; securely

Toward or into a solid condition

Near in space or time; close

(Nautical) Completely; fully

(of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

Resistant to pressure.

(of drink or drugs) Strong.

(of a normally nonalcoholic drink) Containing alcohol.

(of water) High in dissolved chemical salts, especially those of calcium.

Having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (compare soft).

Having a high energy (high frequency; short wavelength).

Made up of parallel rays, producing clearly defined shadows.

(personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.

Difficult or requiring a lot of effort to do, understand, experience, or deal with.

Demanding a lot of effort to endure.

Severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.

(dated) Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

(military) Hardened; having unusually strong defences.

(slang) Tough and muscular.

Unquestionable, unequivocal.

(of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.

Sexually aroused; having an erect penis.

(bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.

Fortis.

Plosive.

Unvoiced.

(Slavic phonology) Velarized or plain, rather than palatalized.

(arts) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.

Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

Having disagreeable and abrupt contrasts in colour or shading.

(uncomparable)

In a physical form, not digital.

Using a manual or physical process, not by means of a software command.

(politics) Far, extreme.

Of silk: not having had the natural gum boiled off.

(finance) Of a market: having more demand than supply; being a seller's market.

(manner) With much force or effort.

(manner) With difficulty.

(obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.

(manner) Compactly.

Near, close.

A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.

Crack cocaine.

Hard labor.

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; - applied to material bodies, and opposed to soft; as, hard wood; hard flesh; a hard apple.

Difficult, mentally or judicially; not easily apprehended, decided, or resolved; as a hard problem.

Difficult to accomplish; full of obstacles; laborious; fatiguing; arduous; as, a hard task; a disease hard to cure.

Difficult to resist or control; powerful.

Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping; as, a hard lot; hard times; hard fare; a hard winter; hard conditions or terms.

Difficult to please or influence; stern; unyielding; obdurate; unsympathetic; unfeeling; cruel; as, a hard master; a hard heart; hard words; a hard character.

Not easy or agreeable to the taste; harsh; stiff; rigid; ungraceful; repelling; as, a hard style.

Rough; acid; sour, as liquors; as, hard cider.

Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to another; - said of certain consonants, as c in came, and g in go, as distinguished from the same letters in center, general, etc.

Wanting softness or smoothness of utterance; harsh; as, a hard tone.

Rigid in the drawing or distribution of the figures; formal; lacking grace of composition.

With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly.

With difficulty; as, the vehicle moves hard.

Uneasily; vexatiously; slowly.

So as to raise difficulties.

With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; nimbly; as, to run hard.

Close or near.

To harden; to make hard.

A ford or passage across a river or swamp.

Not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure;

Metaphorically hard;

Not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated;

Very strong or vigorous;

Characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort;

Of speech sounds

Of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately;

Having undergone fermentation;

Having a high alcoholic content;

Unfortunate or hard to bear;

Dried out;

With effort or force or vigor;

With firmness;

Earnestly or intently;

Causing great damage or hardship;

Slowly and with difficulty;

Indulging excessively;

Into a solid condition;

Very near or close in space or time;

With pain or distress or bitterness;

To the full extent possible; all the way;