breakthrough vs dilemma

breakthrough

noun
  • The penetration of the opposition's defence. 

  • An advance through and past enemy lines. 

  • Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle. 

  • The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough. 

adj
  • Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease. 

  • Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle. 

  • The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment. 

dilemma

noun
  • Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives. 

  • A difficult circumstance or problem. 

  • A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true". 

  • A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable. 

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