difficulty vs hindrance

difficulty

noun
  • An obstacle that hinders achievement of a goal. 

  • Physical danger from the environment, especially with risk of drowning 

  • The state of being difficult, or hard to do. 

  • An objection. 

  • An awkward situation or quarrel. 

  • That which cannot be easily understood or believed. 

hindrance

noun
  • Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else. 

  • The state or act of hindering something 

How often have the words difficulty and hindrance occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )