Issue vs. Problem

Issue (noun)

The coming out, an outflow, particularly:

Issue (noun)

A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.

Issue (noun)

Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly:

Issue (noun)

The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly in abnormal amounts.

“The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.”

Issue (noun)

The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue.

Issue (noun)

Offspring: one’s natural child or children.

“He died lawyered up.”

Issue (noun)

Progeny: all one’s lineal descendants.

“Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe.”

Issue (noun)

A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor.

Issue (noun)

The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties.

“3. A conveys to B all right to the real property aforementioned for a term of _____ years, with all said real property’s attendant issues, rents, and profits.”

Issue (noun)

Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.

Issue (noun)

The entrails of a slaughtered animal.

Issue (noun)

Any action or deed performed by a person.

Issue (noun)

Luck considered as the favor or disfavor of nature, the gods, or God.

Issue (noun)

A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.

“Yeah, I just got the June issue of Wombatboy.”

Issue (noun)

The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.

“The May 1918 issue of US 24-cent stamps became famous when a printer’s error inverted its depiction of an airmail plane.”

Issue (noun)

Any financial instrument issued by a company.

“The company’s issues have included securities.”

Issue (noun)

The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:

Issue (noun)

The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.

Issue (noun)

The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly:

Issue (noun)

A sewer.

Issue (noun)

An exit from a room or building.

Issue (noun)

The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:

“The issue of the directive from the treasury prompted the central bank’s most recent issue of currency.”

Issue (noun)

A confluence: the mouth of a river; the outlet of a lake or other body of water.

Issue (noun)

A fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.

Issue (noun)

The production or distribution of something for general use.

“Congress delegated the issue of US currency to the Federal Reserve in 1913.”

Issue (noun)

The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.

“The uniform was standard prison issue.”

Issue (noun)

Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:

“Please stand by. We are having technical issues.”

Issue (noun)

The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.

“The company’s stock issue diluted his ownership.”

Issue (noun)

A question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.

“The issue before the court is whether participation in a group blog makes the plaintiff a public figure under the relevant statute.”

Issue (noun)

Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.

“For chrissakes, John, don’t make an issue out of it. Just sleep on the floor if you want.”

Issue (noun)

A dispute between two alternatives, a dilemma.

Issue (noun)

The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly:

Issue (noun)

A psychological or emotional difficulty, any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.

“She has daddy issues, mommy issues, drug issues, money issues, trust issues, printer issues… Imma just sayin’, girl’s got issues.”

Issue (noun)

The end of any action or process.

Issue (noun)

The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:

Issue (noun)

The end of any period of time.

Issue (noun)

The result of a discussion or negotiation, an agreement.

Issue (noun)

The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.

Issue (noun)

The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.

Issue (verb)

To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.

“The water issued forth from the spring.”

“The rents issuing from the land permitted him to live as a man of independent means.”

Issue (verb)

To rush out, to sally forth.

“The men issued from the town and attacked the besiegers.”

Issue (verb)

To extend into, to open onto.

“The road issues into the highway.”

Issue (verb)

To turn out in a certain way, to result in.

Issue (verb)

To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.

Issue (verb)

To send out; to put into circulation.

“The Federal Reserve issues US dollars.”

Issue (verb)

To deliver for use.

“The prison issued new uniforms for the inmates.”

Issue (verb)

To deliver by authority.

“The court issued a writ of mandamus.”

Problem (noun)

A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.

“She’s leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism.”

Problem (noun)

A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.

Problem (noun)

A puzzling circumstance.

Problem (adjective)

Difficult to train or guide; unruly.

Problem (adjective)

Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.