Problem vs. Conflict

By Jaxson

  • 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.

  • Conflict (noun)

    A opposing groups or individuals.

    “The conflict between the government and the rebels began three years ago.”

  • Conflict (noun)

    An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.

    “I wanted to attend the meeting but there’s a conflict in my schedule that day.”

  • Conflict (verb)

    To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible

  • Conflict (verb)

    To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

    “Your conference call conflicts with my older one: please reschedule.”

    “It appears that our schedules conflict.”

Wiktionary
  • Problem (noun)

    a matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome

    “the problem of ageism in Hollywood”

    “they have financial problems”

  • Problem (noun)

    a thing that is difficult to achieve

    “motivation of staff can also be a problem”

  • Problem (noun)

    denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others

    “practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens”

    “a problem family”

  • Problem (noun)

    an inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate a fact, result, or law.

  • Problem (noun)

    a proposition in which something has to be constructed.

  • Problem (noun)

    (in chess) an arrangement of pieces in which the solver has to achieve a specified result.

  • Conflict (noun)

    a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one

    “the eternal conflict between the sexes”

    “doctors often come into conflict with politicians”

  • Conflict (noun)

    a prolonged armed struggle

    “regional conflicts”

  • Conflict (noun)

    a state of mind in which a person experiences a clash of opposing feelings or needs

    “bewildered by her own inner conflict, she could only stand there feeling vulnerable”

  • Conflict (noun)

    a serious incompatibility between two or more opinions, principles, or interests

    “there was a conflict between his business and domestic life”

  • Conflict (verb)

    be incompatible or at variance; clash

    “the date for the match conflicted with a religious festival”

    “parents’ and children’s interests sometimes conflict”

  • Conflict (verb)

    having or showing confused and mutually inconsistent feelings

    “he remains a little conflicted about Marlene”

Oxford Dictionary

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