Difference between Firmly and Hard

What is the difference between Firmly and Hard?

Firmly as an adverb is in a firm or definite or strong manner. while Hard as an adverb is with much force or effort.

Firmly

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In a firm or definite or strong manner. Securely

Example sentence: Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.

Hard

Part of speech: noun

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

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: With much force or effort.With difficulty.Compactly.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Resistant to pressure.Requiring a lot of effort to do or understandDemanding a lot of effort to endure., severe, harsh, unfriendly, brutal.Unquestionable.Of drink, strong.Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.Of water, high in dissolved calcium compounds.Sexually aroused.Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.Of a ferromagnetic material, having the capability of being a permanent magnet by being a material with high magnetic coercivity (c.f. soft)

Example sentence: It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

We hope you now know whether to use Firmly or Hard in your sentence.

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