Trouble vs. Problem
Trouble and Problem Definitions
Trouble
A state of distress, affliction, difficulty, or need
Tried to console them in their trouble.
Got in trouble with the police.
Problem
A question to be considered, solved, or answered
Math problems.
Trouble
A distressing or difficult circumstance or situation
I've had troubles ever since I took this job.
Problem
A situation, matter, or person that is hard to deal with or understand
Was having problems breathing.
Considered the main problem to be his boss. See Usage Note at dilemma.
Trouble
A cause or source of distress, disturbance, or difficulty
The new recruits were a trouble to him.
Problem
A personal matter that causes one difficulty or needs to be dealt with
Felt her tyrannical boss had deep-seated problems.
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Trouble
Effort, especially when inconvenient or bothersome
Went to a lot of trouble to find this book.
Problem
A misgiving, objection, or complaint
I have a problem with his cynicism.
Trouble
A condition of pain, disease, or malfunction
Heart trouble.
Car trouble.
Problem
Difficult to deal with or control
A problem child.
Trouble
Public unrest or disorder.
Problem
Dealing with a moral or social problem
A problem play.
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Trouble
An instance of this; a disturbance.
Problem
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
She's leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism.
Trouble
Troubles Any of various conflicts or rebellions in Ireland or Northern Ireland, especially the period of social unrest in Northern Ireland beginning in 1969.
Problem
A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
Study hard, but don't overdo it. The problems in the exam won't be difficult to solve.
Trouble
To afflict with pain or discomfort
My stomach is troubling me.
Problem
A puzzling circumstance.
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Trouble
To cause to be anxious or worried
Was troubled by the decline in sales.
Problem
Objection.
You got a problem with that?
Trouble
To cause to have emotional or mental problems that interfere with social functioning
A teenager who is troubled and needs help.
Problem
Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s their problem, not yours.
Trouble
To inconvenience; bother
May I trouble you for directions?.
Problem
(climbing) A set of moves required to complete a climb.
Trouble
To agitate; stir up
Winds troubling the waters.
Problem
(of a person or an animal) Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
Trouble
To take pains
They trouble over every detail.
Problem
Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.
Trouble
A distressing or dangerous situation.
He was in trouble when the rain started.
Problem
A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt.
Trouble
A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
The trouble was a leaking brake line.
The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.
The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.
Problem
Anything which is required to be done; as, in geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity.
Trouble
A violent occurrence or event.
The troubles in Northern Ireland
Problem
A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved;
She and her husband are having problems
It is always a job to contact him
Urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog
Trouble
Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
It's no trouble for me to edit it.
Problem
A source of difficulty;
One trouble after another delayed the job
What's the problem?
Trouble
A malfunction.
He's been in hospital with some heart trouble.
My old car has engine trouble.
Problem
A question raised for consideration or solution;
Our homework consisted of ten problems to solve
Trouble
Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
He had some trouble with the law.
Trouble
(mining) A fault or interruption in a stratum.
Trouble
(Cockney rhyming slang) Wife. trouble and strife
Trouble
To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
Trouble
(transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
What she said about narcissism is troubling me.
Trouble
(transitive) In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
Trouble
To take pains to do something.
I won't trouble to post the letter today; I can do it tomorrow.
Trouble
(intransitive) To worry; to be anxious.
Trouble
To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.
An angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water.
God looking forth will trouble all his host.
Trouble
To disturb; to perplex; to afflict; to distress; to grieve; to fret; to annoy; to vex.
Now is my soul troubled.
Take the boy to you; he so troubles me'T is past enduring.
Never trouble yourself about those faults which age will cure.
Trouble
To give occasion for labor to; - used in polite phraseology; as, I will not trouble you to deliver the letter.
Trouble
Troubled; dark; gloomy.
Trouble
The state of being troubled; disturbance; agitation; uneasiness; vexation; calamity.
Lest the fiend . . . some new trouble raise.
Foul whisperings are abroad; unnatural deedsDo breed unnatural troubles.
Trouble
That which gives disturbance, annoyance, or vexation; that which afflicts.
Trouble
A fault or interruption in a stratum.
She never took the trouble to close them.
Trouble
A source of difficulty;
One trouble after another delayed the job
What's the problem?
Trouble
An angry disturbance;
He didn't want to make a fuss
They had labor trouble
A spot of bother
Trouble
An event causing distress or pain;
What is the trouble?
Heart trouble
Trouble
An effort that is inconvenient;
I went to a lot of trouble
He won without any trouble
Had difficulty walking
Finished the test only with great difficulty
Trouble
A strong feeling of anxiety;
His worry over the prospect of being fired
It is not work but worry that kills
He wanted to die and end his troubles
Trouble
An unwanted pregnancy;
He got several girls in trouble
Trouble
Move deeply;
This book upset me
A troubling thought
Trouble
To cause inconvenience or discomfort to;
Sorry to trouble you, but...
Trouble
Disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed;
She was rather perturbed by the news that her father was seriously ill
Trouble
Take the trouble to do something; concern oneself;
He did not trouble to call his mother on her birthday
Don't bother, please
Trouble
Cause bodily suffering to
