Sentence 1: Use of Awakening drains the colors from surrounding objects and the less colorful an object is , the more difficult it is to apply Awakening to it .
Sentence 2: The use of awakening drains the colors from the surrounding objects , and the less colorful an object is , the harder it is to apply awakening to it .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?