Difference between 大変{たいへん} and 難しい{むずかしい}


What is the difference between 大変{たいへん} and 難しい{むずかしい} which can both mean
difficult.

In which context should i use one or the other?

Thanks in advance.




My understanding is that you'd use 難しい whenever speaking about the innate
difficulty of a task, and 大変 whenever the task is difficult due to being
burdensome. Oftentimes they are interchangeable but not always.

Consider the scenario in which you're talking about, say, a piano piece, which
happens to be hard. If you're an unskilled player, the piece is both 難しい
(innately difficult) and 大変 (difficult because it's tough to perform it for
you). If you're a skilled player, the piece doesn't stop being 難しい, but it
might not be 大変 especially if you like to play it.




My understanding is that you'd use 難しい whenever speaking about the innate
difficulty of a task, and 大変 whenever the task is difficult due to being
burdensome. Oftentimes they are interchangeable but not always.

Consider the scenario in which you're talking about, say, a piano piece, which
happens to be hard. If you're an unskilled player, the piece is both 難しい
(innately difficult) and 大変 (difficult because it's tough to perform it for
you). If you're a skilled player, the piece doesn't stop being 難しい, but it
might not be 大変 especially if you like to play it.

