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.”
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”