Both sentences have the same or different meaning?
It was a rather difficult question.
It was rather a difficult question.
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The first sentence uses "rather" in the sense of "somewhat". It qualifies the adjective "difficult".
In the second sentence, the use of rather could mean a contradiction. In other words, a difficult question had not been expected.
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1 means it was a very difficult question , or more difficult than expected
2-what the boss said was rather a difficult question as opposed to a difficult command
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